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Counterproductive Work Behaviors
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Counterproductive Work Behaviors

by Aaron Cohen
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
262 pages
9h 55m
English
Routledge
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6The Predators’ Environment

Work-Setting and Personal Factors

It has been argued in the literature that personality effects can be overshadowed by strong situational demands (Spector, 2011); that is, people are free to engage in behaviors consistent with their personalities only when the environment is not overly constraining (Cohen, 2016). For example, norms can either inhibit or reinforce an individual’s personality tendencies (Spector, 2011 ; Smithikrai, 2008). Individuals who score high on any element of the dark triad may be willing to engage in unethical behavior. However, the question of the circumstances under which they will actually do so remains open (Spain, Harms, & LeBreton, 2014). One of the arguments posited here is that dark triad ...

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