Dark Triad of Personality Traits and Financial Crime: International Evidence

Ahmed Emadeldin Yamen ()
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Ahmed Emadeldin Yamen: American University of the Middle East

A chapter in Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives, 2024, pp 289-304 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to investigate the impact of dark triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) on financial crime. The author runs a multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of the dark triad on financial crime. The results indicate a significant positive relationship between narcissism and financial crime, a significant negative relationship between Machiavellianism, and an insignificant relationship between psychopathy and financial crime. This paper highlights the importance of offenders’ profiles and personality traits in detecting and deterring financial crime. Also, this study emphasizes that personality traits are essential variables that should be considered during risk assessment and that psychometric data collection can be an important stage while recruiting individuals. To our knowledge, this is the first study empirically exploring the relationship between narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and financial crime.

Keywords: Dark triad; Financial crime; Personality traits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64140-4_16

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