Browsing by Subject "dark side personality"

Objectives The focus of this study was in the relationship between dark side personality and career choices in the Finnish personnel assessment context. The study was done as a commission for Psycon Corporation. The aim of this study was to fill the research gap concerning the relationship between career anchors and darks side personality features, because there is barely any research done on this topic. In addition, one of the questionnaires used in this study was validated. The relationship between the career anchors and age, gender, the level of the applied job and the dark side personality features was researched without any hypotheses because of the scarcity of previous research. Measures The data was collected between June and September in 2017 in Psycon Corporation. The sample consisted of 137 people taking part in personnel assessment process out of which 56.2% were male and the rest female. The age varied between 23 and 57 years. All the participants answered two questionnaires, one measuring eight career anchors and the other measuring 10 dark side personality features. Both questionnaires are computer-based self-evaluation forms and developed in Psycon Corporation. A Pearson’s correlation analysis was conducted to study the associations between the career anchors and age and gender. Regression models were conducted for each individual career anchors and a canonical correlation analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between the career anchors, age, gender, the level of the assessment and dark side personality features. Results and conclusions The results of this study showed that career anchors can be predicted with dark side personality features, especially concerning General Managerial Competence. In addition, age and gender of the individual and the level of the applied job influence the career anchor preference. In addition, the results showed that the construct validity of the Career Questionnaire was good and the reliabilities of the scales were also on a good level. In practice, the results of this study can be used the individual and organizational levels for coaching and recruiting purposes in addition to Psycon Corporation’s internal purposes.