The Connection Between Schadenfreude, Dark Traits, and Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

The Connection Between Schadenfreude, Dark Traits, and Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

Date

2-14-2024

Faculty Mentor

Heidi Dempsey, Psychology

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Submission Type

Conference Proceeding

Location

8:45-8:55am | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor

Description

Schadenfreude is defined as a positive reaction to someone else’s misfortune (Johnson, 2021). In previous research schadenfreude has been found to be positively correlated with measures of the dark personality traits of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism (Greenier, 2018; James et al., 2014).

Further, all three components of the dark triad have been found to be related to counterproductive workplace behaviors, such as purposefully wasting supplies, skipping work, ignoring people at work, etc. (O'Boyle et al., 2012). The goal of the current study is to further examine and replicate the relationship between schadenfreude, dark traits, and counterproductive workplace behaviors. Over 150 college students participated in a large-scale online survey assessing a variety of constructs related to dark traits. The schadenfreude measure was created by the authors, based on an adaptation of the scenarios developed by Johnson (2021). Workplace behaviors were assessed using the Counterproductive Workplace Behavior Checklist (Spector et al., 2006) and dark traits were assessed using the Dirty Dozen (Jonason & Webster, 2010) and SD-4 (Paulhus et al., 2021). We hypothesize that there will be strong positive correlations between all of the subscales assessed. The discussion will focus on how our results tie back to previous research.

Keywords

student research, psychology

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Disciplines

Psychology

The Connection Between Schadenfreude, Dark Traits, and Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors

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