Do Machiavellianism and Ingratiation Predict Sorority Officer Status?

dc.contributor.authorWeissman, Georgey
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-08T19:58:05Z
dc.date.available2020-06-08T19:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-06
dc.description.abstractThis study examined whether individuals’ tendencies toward Machiavellianism and ingratiation would predict their leadership behavior in sororities. Participants were 13 undergraduates who were present or past members of a sorority. Participants partook in a survey inquiring about a) how often they engaged in ingratiation (e.g., purposefully agreeing with and complimenting others) and b) their acceptance of “Machiavellian” actions (e.g., manipulating others to achieve one’s goals). Participants then indicated how often they had been elected to officer-held positions in a sorority and how long they had held those positions. Correlational analyses indicated that employing ingratiation tactics was the best predictor of a participant holding an officer position, and that specific elements of Machiavellianism (i.e., desire for control, a distrust of others) predicted running for (but not being elected to) leadership sorority positions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6258
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity Honors College Middle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectingratiationen_US
dc.subjectmachiavellianismen_US
dc.subjectsororitiesen_US
dc.titleDo Machiavellianism and Ingratiation Predict Sorority Officer Status?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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