MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL BELONGING IN THE EFFECT OF DARK TRIAD PERSONALITY FEATURES ON CAREER PLANNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS

Authors : Onur KAVAK, Erdoğan KAYGIN

Pages : 112-145

Doi:10.36543/kauiibfd.2023.005

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Publication Date : 2023-06-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :It has been estimated that narcissism, machiavellism and psychopathy, named as the dark triad personality traits, will have a strong effect upon career planning of the employees, their sense of belonging to the organization and their perceptions of organizational politics in accordance with the findings in the literature. In this respect, the present study mainly aims to determine the mediating role of organizational belonging in the effect of employees\` dark triad personality traits upon their perceptions of organizational politics and career plans. The participants of the study consist of 402 academicians who work in different fields and possessing different titles at Kafkas University. The data which were obtained from the scale consisting of five sections and 79 questions were analyzed through different statistical programs. The results of the study indicated that the dark triad personality traits of the academicians were effective upon their career planning and perceived organizational politics and organizational belonging had a significant mediating effect upon all three variables.
Keywords : Karanlık Kişilik, Kariyer Planlama, Örgütsel Siyaset, Örgütsel Aidiyet