The effects of dark personality traits on the relationship between competitive climate and budget participation
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-6486.rco.2022.196853Keywords:
Competition, Budget participation, Personality traits, Dark triad, Dark tetradAbstract
This study aims to determine the influence of competition on budget participation, moderated by dark personality traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism). The research used a quantitative, descriptive, and experimental approach. The sample comprises 170 valid answers from undergraduate students in administration, accounting, and economics programs offered at public and private higher education institutions. The analysis used descriptive statistics to categorize the respondents. Also, partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was adopted using the SmartPLS-version 3 software to verify the research hypotheses. The results show that the presence of competition affects managers’ behavior and leads them to increase participation in budget setting. When evaluating the effect of narcissistic personality moderation on this relationship, individuals tend to decrease their budget participation. The direct effect of Machiavellianism on budget participation is positive. The relationships between the moderating effect of Machiavellianism and psychopathy, and the direct effect of psychopathy and narcissism on budget participation, did not show statistical significance. Overall, it is concluded that competition, the moderating effect of narcissism, the direct effect of Machiavellianism, and demographic variables, such as gender, age group, and undergraduate program, can be considered antecedents of budget participation. This research allows managers to deepen their knowledge about the antecedents of budget participation and enables the verification of the effect of competition and dark personality traits in the organizational environment.
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