Too Impulsive for Excellence? the Lack of Achievement Motivation Explains the Relations between Psychopathy and Work Behavior

Poster Session VIII

Keyword: Motivation

Abstract: This research explored the mediating effect of motivation on dark personality traits in relation to work behaviors. We found that achievement motivation mediated the link between the psychopathy personality trait and counterproductive work behavior as well as indirect effects for achievement and affiliation motivation on organizational citizenship behavior.

• Julie Anna Pilote (Presenting Author)
• Kaspar Philipp Schattke (Author)