Percepción de rasgos oscuros de personalidad en superiores jerárquicos en las organizaciones

Marcelo José Villarreal Coindreau; Luis Felipe Llanos Reynoso

doi:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/empresa/a.15184

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Percepção de traços obscuros de personalidade em superiores hierárquicos nas organizações

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/empresa/a.15184

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Publicado: abr 15, 2026

Edição: v. 28 n. 50 (2026)

Seção Artículo de investigación científica y tecnológica

Palavras-chave: traços obscuros da personalidade psicopatia subclínica liderança avaliação por terceiros validação transcultural

Autores

Marcelo José Villarreal Coindreau

Luis Felipe Llanos Reynoso
Universidad Anáhuac

Resumo

Objetivo: verificar se o CPI-3R, desenvolvido na Austrália, constitui um instrumento válido e confiável para medir os traços obscuros da personalidade de chefias em um contexto organizacional mexicano, bem como explorar a percepção dos subordinados sobre esses traços em seus superiores hierárquicos. Metodologia: foi analisada uma amostra não probabilística de 176 subordinados, pertencentes a diferentes níveis hierárquicos e setores, por meio da aplicação do CPI-3R e do uso de diversas técnicas estatísticas. Resultados principais: a estrutura fatorial do instrumento não replicou integralmente a reportada na Austrália; entretanto, foram identificados dois fatores consistentes e diferenciados correspondentes às subescalas de fachada adaptativa e egocentrismo impulsivo, o que sustenta parcialmente a classificação original. A subescala de inflexibilidade não apresentou confiabilidade. De forma não prevista, observou-se uma correlação negativa entre fachada adaptativa e egocentrismo impulsivo. Conclusões: os resultados indicam que os subordinados apresentam uma percepção diferenciada em relação aos seus superiores e fornecem evidências relevantes para a identificação de traços obscuros em contextos organizacionais mexicanos.

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Villarreal Coindreau, M. J., & Llanos Reynoso, L. F. (2026). Percepção de traços obscuros de personalidade em superiores hierárquicos nas organizações. Revista Universidad Y Empresa, 28(50). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/empresa/a.15184

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