Keywords

careerism, careerist orientation, five-factor model, psychopathy, exchange ideology, dark side personality, relative importance analysis

Abstract

Careerism refers to an individual’s propensity to achieve their personal and career goals through nonperformance- based activities (Feldman, The Indus Org Psychol 39–44, 1985). We investigated the role of several dispositional predictors of careerism, including Five-factor model (FFM) personality traits, primary psychopathy, and exchange ideology. Based on data from 131 respondents, as expected, we observed that emotional stability was negatively correlated with careerism. Primary psychopathy and exchange ideology explained additional variance in careerism after accounting for FFM traits. Relative importance analyses indicated that psychopathy (relative weight percentage of explained variance = 42.1 %) and exchange ideology (relative weight percentage = 44.1 %) were equally important in predicting careerism. We highlight the need for future research efforts investigating the combined effects of contextual factors—particularly, human resource practices—and individual differences to understand careerism in the workplace.

Original Publication Citation

Chiaburu, D. S., Munoz, G. J., & Gardner, R. G. 2013. How to spot a careerist early on: Psychopathy and exchange ideology as predictors of careerism. Journal of Business Ethics, 118: 473-486.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2013

Publisher

Journal of Business Ethics

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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