Title: An exploratory study of Machiavellianism and self-perceived performance of accountants

Authors: Abdul Aziz

Addresses: School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Abstract: Data from accountants showed that the number of clients served as one of the three measures of self-perceived performance was positively correlated with Machiavellianism (Mach IV) scores. The number of clients was also related to gender, age, education and experience. The other measures of self-perceived performance including overall performance and quality of performance were not related to Mach IV or with demographic variables.

Keywords: accountants; Machiavellianism; personality; performance; self-perception; accounting.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2007.011524

International Journal of Management Practice, 2007 Vol.2 No.3, pp.250 - 254

Published online: 01 Dec 2006 *

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