Occupational Niches and the Dark Triad Traits

• Main Authors: JONASON, Peter K., WEE, Serena, LI, Norman P., JACKSON, Christopher
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Narcissism; Psychopathy; Machiavellianism; Dark Triad; Vocational interests; Job choice; Sex differences; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1537; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2793/viewcontent/JonasonWeeLiJackson_2014_OccupationNichesDarkTriad.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Our research focused on the vocational interests correlated with the Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism). By understanding how these traits facilitate the structuring of one’s environment, we hypothesized that psychopaths will be more interested in realistic and p...