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The influence of corporate psychopaths on job satisfaction and its determinants

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  • Clive Roland Boddy
  • Ross Taplin

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate job satisfaction and workplace psychopathy. Design/methodology/approach - Job satisfaction has previously been seen as a function of various constructs. The authors take one step back from the literature to re-examine the relationship not just between job satisfaction, workplace conflict, organizational constraints, withdrawal from the workplace and perceived levels of corporate social responsibility, but also between all of these constructs and the presence of corporate psychopaths. Findings - The authors find that there is a direct link between corporate psychopaths and job satisfaction. There are also indirect links through variables such as conflict, since corporate psychopaths influence conflict and other variables. Originality/value - Importantly, the research establishes that psychopathy is the dominant predictor of job satisfaction.

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  • Clive Roland Boddy & Ross Taplin, 2016. "The influence of corporate psychopaths on job satisfaction and its determinants," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 37(6), pages 965-988, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijmpps:v:37:y:2016:i:6:p:965-988
    DOI: 10.1108/IJM-12-2015-0199
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    Cited by:

    1. Jae Kyu Myung & Yoon Hyuk Choi & Jong Dae Kim, 2017. "Effects of CEOs’ Negative Traits on Corporate Social Responsibility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-21, April.
    2. Yan Yi Lance Du & Klaus J. Templer, 2022. "The Happy Subclinical Psychopath: The Protective Role of Boldness in Successful Psychopathy," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1143-1168, March.
    3. Yunhong Hao & Qamar Farooq & Yanni Zhang, 2018. "Unattended social wants and corporate social responsibility of leading firms: Relationship of intrinsic motivation of volunteering in proposed welfare programs and employee attributes," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(6), pages 1029-1038, November.

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