Abstract
The results of the recent studies on “dark triad” have caused this concept to become popular among the educational sciences. As the importance of these personality traits comes from the possibility of having an impact on students’ learning. Many researchers believe that teachers ‘personality traits may affect students’ learning processes in the future. So the main aim of this research is to examine the relationship between the dark triad traits of the academics and the organizational commitment dimensions. In the study conducted in the relational survey model, the Dark Triad Traits Scale developed by Paulhus & Williams (2002) and the Organizational Commitment Scale developed by Allen & Meyer (1990) were used as data collection tools. The sample of the research consists of 372 academics determined by random method. In the analysis of the data obtained from the scales, Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to determine the level of relationship. As a result of the research, while a very low inverse relationship was determined between the emotional commitment of academics and personality traits of Machiavellianism and psychopathy, a moderate direct relationship was found between continuance commitment and the personality traits of Machiavellianism and psychopathy.
Highlights
In management science research, the concept of personality is generally examined within the scope of social psychology and organizational psychology
This study aimed to investigate the relationships between dark triad traits and organizational commitment dimensions of academics who work for Faculty of Sport Sciences
When the information in the table is examined, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between the organizational commitments of the academics working in the faculty of sports sciences and Machiavellianism personality traits (r = 0.088; p > 0.05), narcissism personality traits (r = 0.063; p > 0.05) and psychopathy personality traits (r = 0.078; p > 0.05)
Summary
The concept of personality is generally examined within the scope of social psychology and organizational psychology. As a result of this, the effects of characteristics related to different aspects of personality on organizational behaviour and organizational performance were ignored. In this regard, studies on the negative aspects of personality traits have increased in different fields of science. Studies on the negative aspects of personality traits have increased in different fields of science As one of these studies, we face the concept of “dark triad” which includes subclinical (non-clinical) narcissism, Machiavellianism and subclinical psychopathy, which has been referred to as “Dark Side of Personality” recently and brought to the literature by Paulhus and Williams (2002).
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