Abstract
Arrogant individuals are individuals who tend to position themselves in the center, both in their daily lives and in organizational life, and their relationships with others. While they exaggerate their importance, they tend to take over success in any case. Arrogance, which has the potential to adversely affect the organizational climate, can turn into an obstacle to the state of collective engagement and have a devastating effect on the science discipline, for example, in the academic community. In this context, this study aims to examine the arrogance orientations of academicians working in universities, which are higher education organizations. For this purpose, phenomenology, which is a qualitative research design, was used, and thirteen participants consisting of undergraduate and graduate students and graduates were reached with the maximum variation sampling method. The data obtained through focus group interviews using semi-structured questions were analyzed in terms of content using the Maxquda qualitative data analysis program. Findings obtained as a result of the analyses reveal that the arrogance orientations of academicians were gathered under the dimensions of individuality, comparison, contempt, and discrediting. Based on these results, it is possible to indicate that it affects the academic organization climate negatively and feeds on individuality. In this context, it can contribute to reducing the potentially destructive effects of arrogance by encouraging collective work in academic organizations.
Highlights
Arrogance is a common social phenomenon in human life
This study aims to examine the arrogance orientations of academicians working in universities, which are higher education organizations
Artificial sense of self Attribution to a title Instrumentalizing one‘s institution Ignoring Belittling Over sensitiveness to the mistakes of others Dominating Ranking oneself in the top position Bragging over student achievements Continuous attribution to one‘s publications and works Being close to criticism Seeing oneself superior Not addressing oneself to somebody Seeing oneself privileged Hierarchical relationship
Summary
Arrogance is a common social phenomenon in human life While this concept was defined by Buddhists as one of the five poisons of the human mind, it was seen by the ancient Greek tradition as an act of abusers humiliating others to satisfy their pleasure (Milyavsky, Kruglanski, Chernikova & Schori-Eyal, 2017). Arrogance refers to an orientation that causes individuals to show superiority over others and to think that they are more important In this framework, the arrogant individual structure includes behaviors such as not respecting colleagues and their opinions, expressing that they have more knowledge, avoiding being blamed or seeing the blame on others (Leary, Bednarski, Hammon & Duncan, 1997; Silverman, Johnson, McConnell & Carr, 2012). This situation causes a social change in the organization to be negatively affected (Silverman et al, 2012)
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