Does Darker Hide More Knowledge? The Relationship between Machiavellianism and Knowledge Hiding

• Published in: International Journal of Security and Its Applications Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. 281 - 292
• Main Authors: Pan, Wei, Zhou, Yang, Zhang, Qingpu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2016
• Subjects: dark personality; Machiavellianism; Knowledge hiding

Machiavellianism is deemed as one of the dark personalities. Knowledge hiding refers to employee’s intentional attempt to withhold or conceal knowledge that has been requested by another person, and it is comprised of three related sub-dimensions: playing dumb, evasive hiding, and rationalized hidin...