Teacher Machiavellianism and Social Influence in the College Classroom: Implications for Measurement

Teven, Jason J.

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“…We used Allsopp, Eysenck, and Eysenck’s () psychometrically robust 10‐item scale (Mudrack & Mason, ) to measure the extent to which Machiavellianism was present in respondents. Rather than a forced choice, we used a reflective, Likert‐type response format (1 = “strongly disagree,” 5 = “strongly agree”) (Goodboy & McCroskey, ; McCutcheon, ; Teven, ), and then averaged the responses for each respondent. Higher scores indicated stronger Machiavellianism (e.g., “I enjoy manipulating people”).…”

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Impacts of peers’ unethical behavior on employees’ ethical intention: Moderated mediation by Machiavellian orientation

Ruíz-Palomino

Bañón-Gomis

Linuesa-Langreo

2018

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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Research suggests a direct negative relationship between peers’ unethical behavior and employees’ ethical intention. But several possible mechanisms might explain this relationship in more detail. For example, Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation and the use of unethical means to achieve certain self‐interested ends, whether useful or pleasant. This article adopts an Aristotelian understanding of philia, related to three goods on which human relationships rest: useful, pleasant, and honest. We propose that Machiavellianism, a self‐interested, pragmatic personality orientation, might explicate the relationship between peers’ unethical behavior and ethical intention. The results of a structural equation model applied to a sample of 436 banking employees in Spain reveals that Machiavellianism partially mediates the relationship between peers’ unethical behavior and employees’ ethical intention. We also find that with a greater level of peers’ unethical behavior, the negative effect of Machiavellianism on ethical intention increases, and that when peers’ unethical behavior is nonexistent, the negative effect of Machiavellianism on ethical intention disappears. These findings advance current literature by revealing that unethical peers can indirectly influence ethical intention, through shaping Machiavellianism. Our study is also the first to show that pairing high Machiavellians with ethical peers can help to cancel out the negative influence of Machiavellianism on ethical intention.

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Impacts of peers’ unethical behavior on employees’ ethical intention: Moderated mediation by Machiavellian orientation

Ruíz-Palomino

Bañón-Gomis

Linuesa-Langreo

2018

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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“…Highly argumentative individuals learn more (Johnson & Johnson, 1979), are perceived as more competent and trustworthy (Infante, 1981), and are more willing to collaborate with others (Anderson, Martin, & Infante, 1998). Individuals high in Machiavellianism are interpersonally detached and are willing to manipulate others to accomplish goals (Christie & Geis, 1970;Teven, 2007). Machiavellians often communicate to control others (Walter, Anderson, & Martin, 2005), to be deceitful (O'Hair & Cody, 1987), and are less conscientious toward others (Becker & O'Hair, 2007).…”

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An Examination of Aggression and Adaption Traits with Moral Foundation

Cranmer

Martin

2015

Communication Research Reports

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“…It was proved that anti-bullying interventions might be of paramount importance not only in case of mastery-oriented motivation but also in case of citizenship and interpersonal relationships aiming at reducing children's aggression-encouraging cognition not to mention the decrease of Machiavellian attitudes [26]. According to [27], new attention was drawn to the controversial issue of instructional influence in the classroom. He supported that students' perceptions of teacher expert power were negatively related to teacher Machiavellianism whereas perceptions of teacher legitimate power were positively related to teacher Machiavellianism.…”

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Machiavellianism in Universities: Perceiving Exploitation in Student Networks

Bekiari¹,

Spanou²

2018

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Aim of this article is to examine parameters and types of Machiavellian behavior among students in selected departments. Social network analysis, bivariate analysis and principal component analysis have been implemented. A total sample of 27 students of Business Administration dept. (Thessaly University of Applied Sciences), 63 students of Veterinary dept. and 57 students of Physical Education dept. (University of Thessaly) has been analyzed. Selected results: Male students tend to regard more students as Machiavellians. Female students seem to be more willing to harm others. Male ones are more willing to exploit weaknesses. Tall or heavy students are regarded as quite Machiavellians. Students of urban origin or rich enough seem to adopt a relatively innocent view. Using internet is regarded as an evidence of Machiavellianism. To select friends by appreciating their knowledge capacity is considered to be unrelated to Machiavellianism. Two types of students who are targeted for Machiavellian practices are demarcated: a) "full target" and b) "beneficial target". Two types of Machiavellian students appear: a) "full Machiavellian" and b) "ruthless". A mixed typology of victims and Machiavellians reveals: a) a "targeting and targeted" type, b) a "full target", c) a "beneficial target" and d) a "ruthless". In general, the Machiavellianism seems to be either a generalized strategy or a quite specific one.

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Teacher Machiavellianism and Social Influence in the College Classroom: Implications for Measurement

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

Impacts of peers’ unethical behavior on employees’ ethical intention: Moderated mediation by Machiavellian orientation

Impacts of peers’ unethical behavior on employees’ ethical intention: Moderated mediation by Machiavellian orientation

An Examination of Aggression and Adaption Traits with Moral Foundation

Machiavellianism in Universities: Perceiving Exploitation in Student Networks

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