Machiavellianism As A Factor In Managerial Job Strain, Job Satisfaction, And Upward Mobility

1 March 1972

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 15 (1) , 51-62
https://doi.org/10.5465/254800

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between Machiavellian orientation and several job-related correlates among 150 managers in a large manufacturing firm. The findings indicate that Machiavellian orientation is positively associated with job strain and perceived opportunity for formal control, and negatively associated with job satisfaction. Machiavellian orientation was not significantly associated with upward mobility.

Keywords

MACHIAVELLIANISM (PSYCHOLOGY)
EXECUTIVE ABILITY (MANAGEMENT) -- TESTING
EXECUTIVES -- ATTITUDES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES -- MANAGEMENT
WORK ORIENTATIONS
JOB STRESS
WORK ATTITUDES
PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATIONS
OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
JOB SATISFACTION

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Niccolo Machiavelli and the Twentieth Century Administrator.
The Academy of Management Journal, 1969