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<p>Workplace well-being is a critical determinant of employee productivity, satisfaction, and mental health, yet its relationships with antagonistic personality traits remain underexplored. This study examines how Dark Triad traits -Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism- relate to workplace well-being, with perceptions of the work environment considered as potential mediators. Using structural equation modeling of data from 636 Indian IT employees, we found that psychopathy negatively predicted all well-being indicators, and Machiavellianism was associated with lower eudaimonic well-being and elevated negative emotions. Narcissism showed no clear associations with most outcomes, except for a small positive link to relationship well-being. Mediation effects were limited: workplace perceptions did not significantly mediate the associations between Dark Triad traits and well-being, except for a small indirect effect linking Machiavellianism to reduced well-being via lower perceived structure. The lack of association between narcissism and well-being contrasts with prior findings from Western samples and may reflect contextual and cultural influences. By analyzing a non-WEIRD organizational context, this study underscores the importance of examining personality-well-being dynamics across diverse cultural and occupational settings.</p>

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Psychopathy and machiavellianism predict workplace well-being in an Indian IT workforce sample – but not narcissism

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    2026年1月19日

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  • Mohammed Ashrafunnisa,
  • A. V. S. Kamesh,
  • Lakshmi Narasimha D. Prasad,
  • Jangili Siva Rama Krishna,
  • Alexandra Anna Halmos,
  • Janka Laura Marót,
  • Zsolt Péter Szabó

摘要

Workplace well-being is a critical determinant of employee productivity, satisfaction, and mental health, yet its relationships with antagonistic personality traits remain underexplored. This study examines how Dark Triad traits -Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism- relate to workplace well-being, with perceptions of the work environment considered as potential mediators. Using structural equation modeling of data from 636 Indian IT employees, we found that psychopathy negatively predicted all well-being indicators, and Machiavellianism was associated with lower eudaimonic well-being and elevated negative emotions. Narcissism showed no clear associations with most outcomes, except for a small positive link to relationship well-being. Mediation effects were limited: workplace perceptions did not significantly mediate the associations between Dark Triad traits and well-being, except for a small indirect effect linking Machiavellianism to reduced well-being via lower perceived structure. The lack of association between narcissism and well-being contrasts with prior findings from Western samples and may reflect contextual and cultural influences. By analyzing a non-WEIRD organizational context, this study underscores the importance of examining personality-well-being dynamics across diverse cultural and occupational settings.