Center for Leadership and People Management, LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539, Munich, Germany.
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Aug 17;11(1):236. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01266-4.
The concepts of Dark Triad and Psychological Capital (PsyCap) have been extensively researched separately, but until one recent study, their interrelation has not been investigated. Purpose of this study was to uncover differences of the relationship of both concepts across work related industries.
In total, 2,109 German employees across 11 industries completed a questionnaire on Dark Triad (narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism) and PsyCap. Multiple regression analyses were used to test the association of both concepts across industries.
Values of narcissism, psychopathy and PsyCap generally differed between industries. No significant differences were found for Machiavellianism. While narcissism relates positively to PsyCap in all industry sectors, psychopathy only showed a negative relation to PsyCap in some sectors. For industries architecture, automotive and consulting, psychopathy did not significantly predict PsyCap.
We argue that different expectations of employees per industry make it easier or harder for different personalities to assimilate (homogeneity hypothesis) to the work context (measured by PsyCap). Future studies should investigate this further with other variables such as person-organization-fit. This study was, however, the first to simultaneously investigate Dark Triad and PsyCap among employees and their respective industry. It extends previous findings by revealing differences of both concepts across and within industry sectors. The study can help to reconsider in which industries Dark Triad personality affects PsyCap as antecedent of workplace outcomes such as work satisfaction or job performance.
黑暗人格三因素（自恋、马基雅维利主义、精神病态）和心理资本（ PsyCap ）这两个概念已被广泛研究，但直到最近才有一项研究探讨了它们之间的相互关系。本研究的目的是揭示这两个概念在不同工作相关行业中的关系差异。
总共有 2109 名来自 11 个行业的德国员工完成了一份关于黑暗人格三因素（自恋、马基雅维利主义、精神病态）和 PsyCap 的问卷。多元回归分析用于检验两个概念在不同行业中的关系。
自恋、精神病态和 PsyCap 的价值观在不同行业之间存在差异。马基雅维利主义则没有显著差异。虽然自恋与 PsyCap 在所有行业都呈正相关，但精神病态仅在一些行业中与 PsyCap 呈负相关。对于建筑、汽车和咨询行业，精神病态对 PsyCap 没有显著的预测作用。
我们认为，不同行业对员工的不同期望使得不同的个性更容易或更难融入工作环境（以 PsyCap 衡量）。未来的研究应该用其他变量（如人与组织的匹配）进一步探讨这一点。本研究首次同时调查了员工及其所在行业的黑暗人格三因素和 PsyCap，通过揭示两个概念在行业之间和行业内部的差异，扩展了以往的研究结果。本研究可以帮助重新考虑在哪些行业中，黑暗人格特质会影响 PsyCap，从而影响工作满意度或工作绩效等工作场所结果。
