The Buffering Effect of Machiavellianism on the Relationship Between Role Conflict and Counterproductive Work Behavior

Zhao, Jun; Xiao, Sufang; Mao, Jianghua; Liu, Wenxing

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01776

“…Ma and Liu, 2019;Zhang et al, 2019). Thus, on the basis of the social exchange theory (Blau, 1964), we answer recent calls to examine the effects of interpersonal conflict at work on employee negative work behaviors, specifically on CWB (Zhao et al, 2018).…”

Section: Emotional Intelligence and Gendermentioning

confidence: 97%

Interpersonal conflict and counterproductive work behavior: the moderating roles of emotional intelligence and gender

Kundi¹,

Badar²

2021

Preprint

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Purpose This paper aims to examine how interpersonal conflict at work might enhance employees’ propensity to engage in counterproductive work behavior (CWB), as well as how this relationship might be attenuated by emotional intelligence. It also considers how the attenuating role of emotional intelligence might depend on employees’ gender. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 193 employees working in different organizations in Pakistan. Findings Interpersonal conflict relates positively to CWB, but this relationship is weaker at higher levels of emotional intelligence. The negative buffering role of emotional intelligence is particularly strong among women as compared to men. Practical implications Given that individuals high in emotional intelligence are better at regulating their negative emotions, emotional intelligence training may be a powerful tool for reducing the hostility elicited among organizational members in response to interpersonal conflict and, consequently, their engagement in CWB. Originality/value This study uncovered the emotional mechanism that underlies the interpersonal conflict–CWB relationship by gender and makes suggestions to managers on minimizing the harmful effects of interpersonal conflict.

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“…Besides, Machiavellianism refers to interpersonal strategies that advocate deception, remorseless, self‐interest and manipulation to achieve their targets 49 . Machiavellianism individuals are more controlled and goal‐oriented than narcissists and psychopaths 50 .…”

Section: Theory and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dark tetrad personality traits and counterproductive work behavior among doctors in Pakistan

Li

¹

,

Murad

²

,

Shahzad

³

et al. 2020

Health Planning & Management

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Summary The purpose of this article is to identify the effects of dark tetrad personality traits (such as narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism and sadism) on counterproductive work behavior with the mediating role of psychological contract breach and the moderating effect of political skills. Previous researches have focused on the direct effect of the dark triad to measure the counterproductive work behavior of individuals. Recently, everyday sadism has been added to the dark triad and become dark tetrad personality traits. Therefore, this study examines the dark tetrad personality traits to study counterproductive work behavior. This study applied structural equation modeling using partial least square to test the hypotheses on a sample of 400 doctors from the health sector of Pakistan. The results of this study reveal that dark tetrad has a positive and significant effect on counterproductive work behavior, and psychological contract breach significantly partially mediates in the relationship between dark tetrad and counterproductive work behavior. Furthermore, findings show that the moderating effect of political skills also positively and significantly strengthening the link between dark tetrad and the psychological contract breach. The conclusion of this study is made an innovative contribution to the Pakistan health sector, researchers and policy makers to designing the relevant practical implications.

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“…Ma and Liu, 2019; Zhang et al , 2019). Thus, on the basis of the social exchange theory (Blau, 1964), we answer recent calls to examine the effects of interpersonal conflict at work on employee negative work behaviors, specifically on CWB (Zhao et al , 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interpersonal conflict and counterproductive work behavior: the moderating roles of emotional intelligence and gender

Kundi

¹

,

Badar

²

2021

IJCMA

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Purpose This paper aims to examine how interpersonal conflict at work might enhance employees’ propensity to engage in counterproductive work behavior (CWB), as well as how this relationship might be attenuated by emotional intelligence. It also considers how the attenuating role of emotional intelligence might depend on employees’ gender. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 193 employees working in different organizations in Pakistan. Findings Interpersonal conflict relates positively to CWB, but this relationship is weaker at higher levels of emotional intelligence. The negative buffering role of emotional intelligence is particularly strong among women as compared to men. Practical implications Given that individuals high in emotional intelligence are better at regulating their negative emotions, emotional intelligence training may be a powerful tool for reducing the hostility elicited among organizational members in response to interpersonal conflict and, consequently, their engagement in CWB. Originality/value This study uncovered the emotional mechanism that underlies the interpersonal conflict–CWB relationship by gender and makes suggestions to managers on minimizing the harmful effects of interpersonal conflict.

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The Buffering Effect of Machiavellianism on the Relationship Between Role Conflict and Counterproductive Work Behavior

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Interpersonal conflict and counterproductive work behavior: the moderating roles of emotional intelligence and gender

Interpersonal conflict and counterproductive work behavior: the moderating roles of emotional intelligence and gender

Dark tetrad personality traits and counterproductive work behavior among doctors in Pakistan

Interpersonal conflict and counterproductive work behavior: the moderating roles of emotional intelligence and gender

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