The Big Five and Machiavellianism in Mexican Workers: A study of Personality and Manipulation
The purpose of this study was to reveal the relationship between personality, Machiavellianism and other variables in a sample of 254 Mexican workers of private companies. The 5FM and the EMMMAQ were used as tools for measuring respectively personality and manipulation –Machiavellianism. An analysis...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:journals.copmadrid.org:jwop/art/s1576-59622008000100004 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.4321/s1576-59622008000100004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Personality, Machiavellianism, Big Five, Manipulation, Work Psychology Personalidad, Maquiavelismo, Cinco Grandes Factores, Manipulación, Psicología del Trabajo |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this study was to reveal the relationship between personality, Machiavellianism and other variables in a sample of 254 Mexican workers of private companies. The 5FM and the EMMMAQ were used as tools for measuring respectively personality and manipulation –Machiavellianism. An analysis of variance and correlations were performed. The results showed significant personality differences between subjects with high and low scores in Machiavellianism. Important differences also appeared in demographic variables such as age, wage, seniority, education, and job and work preference. Finally, the paper emphasizes the importance of Machiavellianism for the study of personality and the organizations. |
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