School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Management Science & Engineering, School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2020 Sep;35(5):1173-1192. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3025. Epub 2020 Aug 3.
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.
本文旨在探讨黑暗人格特质（如自恋、精神病态、马基雅维利主义和施虐狂）对反生产工作行为的影响，并探讨心理契约违背的中介作用和政治技巧的调节作用。先前的研究主要集中在黑暗三特质的直接效应上，以衡量个体的反生产工作行为。最近，日常施虐行为被添加到黑暗三特质中，成为了黑暗四大人格特质。因此，本研究通过结构方程模型（偏最小二乘法），以巴基斯坦卫生部门的 400 名医生为样本，检验了这些假设。研究结果表明，黑暗四大人格特质对反生产工作行为有正向显著影响，心理契约违背在黑暗四大人格特质与反生产工作行为之间存在部分中介作用。此外，研究结果还表明，政治技巧的调节作用也正向显著增强了黑暗四大人格特质与心理契约违背之间的联系。本研究的结论为巴基斯坦卫生部门的研究人员和政策制定者提供了有益的参考，为相关实践提供了新的思路。
