Dark and Light Side in the Corporate World: Exploring the Influence of Personality Traits on Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviors

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 4, 503 - 531, 28.12.2023

Tugay Ülkü , Sema Polatcı

https://doi.org/10.54733/smar.1388417

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine the intentions of the light and dark triad to exhibit unethical pro-organizational behaviors under the conditional mediation of internal/external motivation and the corporate image. In addition to the blending structure of the light and dark sides of personality, trying to explain the contradictory nature of unethical pro-organizational behaviors from the personality perspective will contribute to the literature. In this study, a quantitative research design was used, and the research population consists of 187.586 bank personnel working in Türkiye. 430 participants were reached with the "Stratified Sampling Method", which has the authority to represent seven geographical regions of Türkiye. As a result of the mediating effect analyzes performed on SPSS 26., SPSS Amos and Hayes Process Macro 4.2 plugin, it was seen that the light triad effected unethical pro-organizational behaviors through both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the dark triad only through extrinsic motivation. It was determined that the corporate image's moderator effects were insignificant in the conditional mediation effect analyzes. In light of the findings obtained, the research results and discussion topics for further studies are discussed.

Keywords

light triad, dark triad, motivation, corporate image, unethical pro-organizational behaviours

Ethical Statement

İnsan katılımcıları içeren çalışmalarda gerçekleştirilen tüm prosedürler, kurumsal ve/veya ulusal araştırma komitesinin etik standartlarına ve 1964 Helsinki deklarasyonuna ve daha sonraki değişikliklerine veya karşılaştırılabilir etik standartlara uygundur. Bu araştırma için Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşerî Bilimler Araştırmaları Etik Kurulundan 14.10.2022 tarih ve 13.02 karar sayısı ile Etik Kurul Onayı alınmıştır.

Kurumsal Dünyada Karanlık ve Aydınlık Taraf: Kişilik Özelliklerinin Etik Olmayan Örgüt Yanlısı Davranışlar Üzerindeki Etkisinin Keşfi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı aydınlık ve karanlık üçlünün etik olmayan örgüt yanlısı davranışlar sergileme niyetlerini içsel ve dışsal motivasyonun aracılığı ve kurum imajının düzenleyiciliği altında ele almaktır. Kişiliğin aydınlık ve karanlık tarafının birbirini harmanlayan yapısına ek olarak etik olmayan örgüt yanlısı davranışların zıtlık içeren doğasını kişilik perspektifinden açıklamaya çalışmak yazına katkı sağlayacaktır. Nicel araştırma deseni ile tasarlanan bu çalışmada, araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’de çalışan 187.586 banka personeli oluşturmaktadır. Türkiye’nin yedi coğrafi bölgesini temsil yetkisi bulunacak şekilde “Tabakalı Örnekleme Yöntemi” ile 430 katılımcıya ulaşılmıştır. SPSS 26., SPSS Amos ve Hayes Process Macro 4.2 eklentisi üzerinden gerçekleştirilen aracılık etki analizleri sonucunda aydınlık üçlünün hem içsel hem dışsal motivasyonun aracılığı ile karanlık üçlünün sadece dışsal motivasyonun aracılığı ile etik olmayan örgüt yanlısı davranışları etkilediği görülmüştür. Kurum imajının yer aldığı durumsal aracılık etki analizlerinde kurum imajının düzenleyicilik etkisinin anlamlı olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular ışığında araştırma sonuçları ve sonraki çalışmalar için tartışma konuları ele alınmıştır.

Keywords

aydınlık üçlü, karanlık üçlü, motivasyon, kurum imajı, etik olmayan örgüt yanlısı davranışlar

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