How Machiavellianism engenders impression management motives: The role of social astuteness and networking ability

Ankit, Ankit; Uppal, Nishant

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110314

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“…The whistleblower informs their supervisors of dishonest acts, illegal activities and mistakes that commonly occur in government departments, public organizations and businesses (Susmanschi, 2012). However, Machiavellian individuals tend to make ethical decisions based on self-interest and use manipulations to achieve their goals (Dalton and Radtke, 2013;Al-Azhar and Zarefar, 2018;Ankit and Uppal, 2021).…”

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The Machiavellianism of Tunisian accountants and whistleblowing of fraudulent acts

Dammak

Mbarek

Jmal

2022

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Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of accounting professionals’ Machiavellian behavior and ethical judgments on their intention to report fraudulent acts and also to examine the moderating effect of Machiavellianism on the relationship between professionals’ ethical judgments and whistleblowing intention, as well as the mediating effect of personal responsibility, personal costs/benefits and the seriousness of the questionable act on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected via a survey sent to 201 Tunisian accounting professionals and analyzed using the structural equation method. Findings The results indicate that ethical judgments support the whistleblowing intentions among Tunisian accountants. However, this relationship is affected by Machiavellian behavior that minimizes whistleblowing. Furthermore, the results show that Machiavellianism is negatively associated with whistleblowing intention and has an indirect effect on whistleblowing through perceived personal benefit and the seriousness of the questionable act. Originality/value Examining the ethical ideologies that may affect whistleblowing, including Machiavellianism and ethical judgment, in the Tunisian context contributes to the literature on the accounting profession in the Middle East and North Africa. The results of this study could raise awareness among policymakers and regulators in developing countries, particularly in Tunisia, to value whistleblowing as a mechanism for detecting and controlling organizational misconduct and enact regulations that encourage accounting professionals to report fraudulent acts while protecting them.

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The Machiavellianism of Tunisian accountants and whistleblowing of fraudulent acts

Dammak

Mbarek

Jmal

2022

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“…Individuals with social power occupy more authority and control to influence or allocate resources. Also, there is a possibility that the social contacts may have affiliation with other social capital with social powers in the organization, thus, having easy and quick access to resources (Thompson, 1967). Hence, maintaining social and developmental ties with contacts at high hierarchy may facilitate an individual to avail network benefits and provision of career mentorship.…”

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“…Thus, appearing to be faithful and altruistic is a significant behaviour that facilitates an individual to become a part of the organizational social structure or system (LePine et al, 2002). Individuals utilize their social capital and make use of network benefits for goal setting, career opportunities and career success (Uppal, 2021, McAllister et al, 2018. Hence, engagement in impression management is a manner through which individual can build or extend his or her social capital in order to have access to network benefits to achieve career success.…”

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“…Although Machiavellians may find impression management as uninteresting, the concern for career success will be the reasons for engaging in impression management. It has been found in previous research studies that Machiavellians are involved in impression management to impress the target to achieve career success (Uppal, 2021, Blickle et al, 2020. Good impression management will develop social capital and it will highlight different network benefits towards career success.…”

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A review of the bright side of dark triad and a road to career success

Tariq

Amad

2021

Lib. Arts Soc. Sci. Int. J.

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Viewing dark triad as a positive personality trait, the researchers intend to explore the constructive use of impression management with regard to career success based on structural holes theory, paying particular attention to social capital and network benefits as sequential mediators between impression management and career success. A systematic literature review was conducted comprising published research studies on the chosen variables of interest. The researchers made use of several websites and links, like Google Scholar, PsychINFO, ResearchGate, and Web of Science. The systematic research was conducted to identify the desired variables and review was summarized from 2000 to 2020. Considering the past literature, it was proposed that impression management improves social capital that further leads to network benefits, thus, contributing to career success, whereas, the dark triad strengthens the relationship between impression management and social capital. In last section, potential areas for future research in the context of impression management and dark triad are identified and a research agenda is put forward for the potential researchers. In future, researchers may benefit from the proposed conceptual model and can conduct a longitudinal quantitative research study considering the variables studied.

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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: How and When Machiavellian Leaders Demonstrate Strategic Abuse

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How Machiavellianism engenders impression management motives: The role of social astuteness and networking ability

Cited by 7 publications

References 41 publications

The Machiavellianism of Tunisian accountants and whistleblowing of fraudulent acts

The Machiavellianism of Tunisian accountants and whistleblowing of fraudulent acts

A review of the bright side of dark triad and a road to career success

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: How and When Machiavellian Leaders Demonstrate Strategic Abuse

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