| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 人力資源管理研究所 === 107 === In recent years, enterprises are paying more and more attention to social skills such as "coordination, negotiation, persuasion, social perception". Individuals with high Machiavellianism belief can be keenly aware of changes in the situation, and have agile adaptability and flexible social strategy. These traits are consistent with the social skills that enterprises value, so high Machiavellianism individuals are easy to be identified by the enterprises and become supervisors. However, Machiavellianism belief are also characterized by self-interest, interpersonal manipulation, and weak morality. The more individuals agree with Machiavellianism belief, the more likely they are to manipulate and harm others for their own interests. In other words, when the personal interests of the high Machiavellianism supervisors conflict with the interests of the enterprises or subordinates, the supervisors may manipulate and injure the enterprises or subordinates.
When the subordinate is injured by the high Machiavellianism supervisor, the subordinate may deal with these negative injuries in different ways. For Chinese, Zhong-Yong is the most representative cultural concept. It emphasizes the thinking of global perspectives, yin and yang, and internal and external harmony. It enables individuals to have better cognitive and integration skills and plays a role of buffer adjustment when individuals deal with negative emotions or events. Therefore, even if the Machiavellianism belief of supervisors may have a negative impact on the subordinates’ well-being, the subordinates may also adjust to weaken it because of the belief on Zhong-Yong.
This study aimed at 307 Taiwanese employees to discuss the influence of supervisors’ Machiavellianism belief on subordinates’ well-being, and further explore the moderating effect of subordinates’ belief on Zhong-Yong. The results are asiv
follows:(1) the supervisors’ Machiavellianism belief will not affect on subordinates’ well-being; (2) subordinates’ belief on Zhong-Yong cannot regulate the relationship between the supervisors’ Machiavellianism belief and the subordinates’ well-being.
According to the results, the discussion, limitation, further research directions are noted in the end.
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