Dark personality traits and job satisfaction among tertiary education employees

Abstract

The researcher sought to find out the relationship between the dark personality traits and job satisfaction among tertiary education employees. Specifically, this research aimed to answer the following: 1. What dark personality traits are prevalent among the respondents in terms of level of: a. narcissism; b. machiavellianism; c. psychopathy; and d. sadism? 2. What is the respondents' level of: a. internal job satisfaction; and b. external job satisfaction? 3. What is the relationship between the dark personality traits and the job satisfaction? Ha: There is a significant relationship between dark personality traits and job satisfaction. The study used the descriptive-correlational method of research to determine the relationship between dark personality traits and job satisfaction of tertiary education employees. Data were treated using mean and Pearson Product-moment correlation.