On the impact of Honesty-Humility and a cue of being watched on cheating behavior
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In: Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 71, 03.2019, p. 159-174.
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T1 - On the impact of Honesty-Humility and a cue of being watched on cheating behavior
AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan
AU - Schindler, Simon
AU - Nockur, Laila
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - The present contribution examines two factors, as well as their interplay, prominently discussed in the literature on cheating: The basic personality trait of Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO personality model and cues of being watched when given the possibility to cheat. In two studies (Study 1 N = 192, Study 2 N = 957), we applied economically incentivized cheating paradigms (a dice-rolling paradigm and a coin-toss paradigm) and replicated the previously found negative relation between Honesty-Humility and cheating behavior. We further demonstrated that this relation holds beyond the dark personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism (i.e., the Dark Tetrad). In fact, Honesty-Humility fully absorbed the positive correlations of Dark Tetrad dimensions and cheating. However, we failed to obtain statistically significant results with respect to the other analyzed factor: manipulating being watched by presenting stylized watching eyes when individuals could cheat did not significantly affect cheating behavior. We further found no significant interaction between the personality factors and the presentation of stylized eyes. The findings are discussed with regard to current debates in the fields of cheating and personality as well as when being watched alters behavior.
AB - The present contribution examines two factors, as well as their interplay, prominently discussed in the literature on cheating: The basic personality trait of Honesty-Humility from the HEXACO personality model and cues of being watched when given the possibility to cheat. In two studies (Study 1 N = 192, Study 2 N = 957), we applied economically incentivized cheating paradigms (a dice-rolling paradigm and a coin-toss paradigm) and replicated the previously found negative relation between Honesty-Humility and cheating behavior. We further demonstrated that this relation holds beyond the dark personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism (i.e., the Dark Tetrad). In fact, Honesty-Humility fully absorbed the positive correlations of Dark Tetrad dimensions and cheating. However, we failed to obtain statistically significant results with respect to the other analyzed factor: manipulating being watched by presenting stylized watching eyes when individuals could cheat did not significantly affect cheating behavior. We further found no significant interaction between the personality factors and the presentation of stylized eyes. The findings are discussed with regard to current debates in the fields of cheating and personality as well as when being watched alters behavior.
KW - Cheating
KW - Dark Tetrad
KW - Dark Triad
KW - HEXACO
KW - Honesty-Humility
KW - Watching eyes
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049078052&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.joep.2018.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.joep.2018.06.004
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85049078052
VL - 71
SP - 159
EP - 174
JO - Journal of Economic Psychology
JF - Journal of Economic Psychology
SN - 0167-4870
ER -