Can Psychopathy Be Adaptive at Work? Development and Application of a Work Focused Self- and Other-Report Measure of the Triarchic Psychopathy Model

Anna Sutton, Maree Roche, Madeleine Stapleton and Anja Roemer
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Anna Sutton: School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Maree Roche: Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Madeleine Stapleton: School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Anja Roemer: School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: Psychopathy may have both adaptive and maladaptive effects at work but research into workplace psychopathy is constrained by the lack of short, work-relevant measures that can be used for both self- and other-report. We adapt the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) for this purpose and distinguish the (mal)adaptive effects of psychopathy at work in two time-lagged survey samples. Sample 1 consisted of managers reporting their psychopathic traits and work outcomes (well-being, engagement, burnout and job performance). Sample 2 reported on their managers’ psychopathic traits and leadership styles (servant and abusive supervision) and their own work outcomes. The TriPM (Work) is a reliable, valid, 21-item measure of triarchic psychopathy at work with self- and other-report forms. Using this measure, we demonstrate that the triarchic model’s boldness trait is related to servant leadership and predicts improved well-being and performance while meanness and disinhibition are related to abusive supervision and predict increased burnout.

Keywords: psychopathy; triarchic model; wellbeing; JD-R; leadership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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