Open AccessComparing The Machiavellianism Of Todays Indonesian College Students With U. S. College Students Of Today And The 1960s
Author(s) -
Harry A. Harmon,
Robert L. Webster,
Kevin Hammond
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the international business and economic research journal/the international business and economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-9393
pISSN - 1535-0754
DOI - 10.19030/iber.v7i12.3314
Subject(s) - machiavellianism , indonesian , sample (material) , psychology , social psychology , management , medical education , personality , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , economics , big five personality traits , chemistry , chromatography
The tactics and strategies that were suggested by Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince (1513) have become synonymous with manipulative and unethical practices. Machiavellis writing to the politician has been used to describe business leaders as well. The business literature indicates that Machiavellian tactics do not guarantee success. The research we report examined the Machiavellian tendencies of college students in Indonesia and compare those results to the literature including the original U.S. student sample of the 1960s and the Harmon and Webster student sample published in 2002.