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Do psychopathic traits predict professional success?

Do psychopathic traits predict professional success?
Do psychopathic traits predict professional success?
Does psychopathy predict professional success? Psychopathy and professional success are multidimensional constructs, and thus certain elements of psychopathy may be related more strongly to certain elements of professional success. Also, psychopathic traits, comprising self-centered impulsivity, fearless dominance, and coldheartedness, may not predict professional success above and beyond the Big Five. We investigated whether self-centered impulsivity, fearless dominance, and coldheartedness predicted professional satisfaction (satisfaction with salary, with promotion, and with career) as well as material success (annual salary, number of promotions, and professional standing) in an occupational sample (N = 439). Self-centered impulsivity was inversely related to professional satisfaction, whereas fearless dominance was positively related to professional satisfaction and material success. Coldheartedness was related to neither of them. Adding the Big Five, as well as participant gender and time in job, as predictors revealed that extraversion and self-centered impulsivity predicted professional satisfaction, whereas only extraversion predicted material success; fearless dominance was no longer a significant predictor of material success. Taken together, self-centered impulsivity was negatively linked, whereas fearless dominance was positively linked, to professional success. The findings highlight the differential contribution of impulsiveness- versus fearlessness-related elements of psychopathic traits to professional satisfaction.
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130-139
Eisenbarth, Hedwig
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Hart, Claire
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Hart, Claire
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Eisenbarth, Hedwig, Hart, Claire and Sedikides, Constantine (2018) Do psychopathic traits predict professional success? Journal of Economic Psychology, 64, 130-139. (doi:10.1016/j.joep.2018.01.002).

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Does psychopathy predict professional success? Psychopathy and professional success are multidimensional constructs, and thus certain elements of psychopathy may be related more strongly to certain elements of professional success. Also, psychopathic traits, comprising self-centered impulsivity, fearless dominance, and coldheartedness, may not predict professional success above and beyond the Big Five. We investigated whether self-centered impulsivity, fearless dominance, and coldheartedness predicted professional satisfaction (satisfaction with salary, with promotion, and with career) as well as material success (annual salary, number of promotions, and professional standing) in an occupational sample (N = 439). Self-centered impulsivity was inversely related to professional satisfaction, whereas fearless dominance was positively related to professional satisfaction and material success. Coldheartedness was related to neither of them. Adding the Big Five, as well as participant gender and time in job, as predictors revealed that extraversion and self-centered impulsivity predicted professional satisfaction, whereas only extraversion predicted material success; fearless dominance was no longer a significant predictor of material success. Taken together, self-centered impulsivity was negatively linked, whereas fearless dominance was positively linked, to professional success. The findings highlight the differential contribution of impulsiveness- versus fearlessness-related elements of psychopathic traits to professional satisfaction.

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 January 2018
Published date: 1 February 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 417121
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417121
ISSN: 0167-4870
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ORCID for Hedwig Eisenbarth: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-2630
ORCID for Claire Hart: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-2474
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 19 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:07

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Author: Hedwig Eisenbarth ORCID iD
Author: Claire Hart ORCID iD

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