THE EFFECT OF PERCEIVED NARCISSISM ON CONFLICT TENDENCY IN ORGANIZATIONS

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a meaningful relationship between the narcissism that the employees perceive in the organizational atmosphere and the conflict tendency they have developed and if there is a meaningful relationship, to determine the level of influence of narcissism and examine the levels of difference by associating the demographic factors with conflict tendency. Based on this purpose, data was collected from 102 individuals working in the public sector and 85 individuals working in the private sector in Düzce province by survey. As a result of the analyzes, a significant and positive relationship was found between the level of narcissism perceived in the organizational atmosphere and the conflict tendency of the employees and it was determined that 38.3% of the change in conflict tendency was explained by the change the perception of narcissism. According to simple linear regression analysis results, it was determined that the a 1-unit increase in the perception of narcissism caused an increase of 2.417 units on conflict tendency. As a result of the difference analysis conducted, it was identified that the conflict tendency showed a significant difference according to the educational status, the conflict tendency in primary school graduates was at the highest level and it decreased as the education level increased