The Dark Triad at work: How toxic employees get their way

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-453

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Slomski, Sarah ^b   Partyka, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Manipulation tactics; Narcissism; Psychopathy; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555161511     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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