The impacts of achievement goal orientation, dark triad, person-environment misfit, and perceived psychological safety on external hires’ deviant behaviors

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 24508 - 19
• Main Authors: Yi, Cuizhi, Zhang, Haifeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.07.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/477/2811; 692/700; Achievement; Achievement goal orientation; Adult; Antisocial personality disorder; Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology; Behavior; Business metrics; Collaboration; Dark triad traits; Deviant behaviors; Employees; External hires; Female; Goals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Machiavellianism; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Narcissism; Person-environment fit; Personality; Personality traits; Psychological Safety; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Social behavior; Success; Trait activation; Workplace - psychology; Trait activation; Deviant behaviors; Dark triad traits; Perceived psychological safety; Achievement goal orientation; Person-environment fit; External hires

Many organizations are unable to leverage the benefits of external hires due to the latter’s deviant behaviors. Drawing on person-environment fit and trait activation theories alongside goal orientation and dark triad personality research, we hypothesized and tested a conceptual model elucidating th...