Exposing the darkness within: A review of dark personality traits, models, and measures and their relationship to insider threats

PD Harms, A Marbut, AC Johnston, P Lester… - Journal of Information …, 2022 - Elsevier
Insider threats are a pernicious threat to modern organizations that involve individuals
intentionally or unintentionally engaging in behaviors that undermine or abuse information …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between the dark tetrad and political orientation: A systematic review with meta-analysis

A Bartolo, C Powell - Personality and Individual Differences, 2024 - Elsevier
Political orientation is an individual's preference for a particular style of government, often
conceptualised through the left-right (liberal-conservative) axis. Previous studies suggest …

Theoretical and Empirical Integration of “Dark” Traits and Socially Aversive Personality Psychopathology

DD Scholz, J Zimmermann, M Moshagen… - Journal of Personality …, 2024 - Guilford Press
Conceptual work integrating constructs from mainstream personality research (especially so-
called “dark” traits) and clinical psychopathology research has been limited. Herein, we …

The Machiavellian bully revisited: A closer look at differences and processes of Machiavellian bullying and cyberbullying perpetration

C Blötner, S Bergold - Aggressive behavior, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies on personality traits conducive to traditional bullying and cyberbullying
mentioned Machiavellianism as an influential predictor of these behaviors. Machiavellianism …

Disentangling the shared and unique aspects of clinical and subclinical socially aversive traits relevant for interpersonal personality dysfunction.

DD Scholz, BE Hilbig - Personality Disorders: Theory, Research …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Most socially and/or ethically aversive traits from clinical and broad personality research
overlap to a large degree. For the latter, however, the association with interpersonal …

Unraveling perceived ostracism: the role of antagonistic traits and attachment orientation

D Waldeck, E Berman-Roberts, C Smyth… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Perceived ostracism (eg, feeling ignored and excluded) can lead to psychological distress.
There has been little empirical research into the types (profiles) of people more likely to …

Personality Correlates of Out-Group Harm

S Columbus, I Thielmann, R Böhm… - Social Psychological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Motivated by theoretical accounts positing that participation in intergroup conflict is driven by
a desire to promote the in-group, past studies have explored the link between prosocial …

[HTML][HTML] Political skill in organizations: Paths of an evolving concept

RM Moraes, RSC Istoe, VA Miranda - Revista de Administração da …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Purpose: To present a scientific map** of the concept of Political Skill in Organizations
and its measurement instrument to show how production has evolved, which themes cover …

Antagonistic but holier than thou: Antagonistic people think they are (way) better-than-average on moral character.

W Hart, BT Hall, JT Lambert, CK Cease… - … Theory, Research, and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Although clinical psychologists have long speculated that antagonistic individuals may lack
insight into their moral deficits, some evidence has shown that more (vs. less) antagonistic …

Negative campaigning is “dark”—Not just disagreeable or dishonest: Results from German candidates' self-reports

M Dian, J Maier, C Oschatz - Personality and Individual Differences, 2023 - Elsevier
As it has been argued that “dark” personality is highly correlated with or even equivalent to
the low poles of the basic personality traits honesty-humility and agreeableness, the …