Hoenig, Mats Lennart (2023) Examining Links between the Dark Triad, HEXACO Personality Traits, Motivation and Success of Members of Political Youth Organizations. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Politicians, who act responsibly, who are hard-working and non-selfish, while being goal-oriented are indispensable for democratic societies in a polarized world with multilevel challenges threatening not only economic success, healthcare systems and the environment but even democracy itself. It could have devastating results, if parties in democratic systems would promote selfish politicians with malevolent personality traits, who only act on their own benefit, while overseeing public interest. This study aims to examine whether the Dark Triad (namely narcissism, Machiavellism and psychopathy) predicts political success (operationalized as sociopolitical control), when investigating a sample of young people engaged in political youth organizations in Germany. Furthermore it tests how work motivation interplays with these relationships. Results show that young politicians who score high on narcissism, Machiavellism and psychopathy are likely also scoring high in sociopolitical control. However self-determined work motivation does not moderate this link. Strenghts and limits of the study as well as implications for future research and theory building were discussed. Keywords: Dark Triad, narcissism, Machiavellism, psychopathy, politics, success, motivation
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Barelds, D.P.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2023 12:54 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2023 12:54 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2143 |
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