Effect of Dark Triad of Leader’s Personality on Nurses’ Counterproductive Work Behavior

Firdous  Hameed; Munazza  Cheema

Dark triad of personality becomes the reason of individual’s negative behaviors at workplace. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of leader’s dark triad of personality on the nurse’s counterproductive work behaviors. The quantitative and cross-sectional study design is used in this study. The self-administered questionnaire was distributed through simple random sampling technique to collect the data from nurses of government hospitals. This study findings showed that there is strong positive relationship between dark triad of leader’s personality and the nurses’ counterproductive work behavior. This study will enhance the knowledge of nurses and help them to identify the dark triad of personality. This study also provides the limitations and recommendations.

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