Impact of Intellectual Humility on Interpersonal Conflicts and Narcissism among Teachers

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https://doi.org/10.48112/aessr.v3i1.441

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The research aimed to find out the impact of intellectual humility on interpersonal conflicts and narcissism in teachers teaching at the university level in Rawalpindi. The data were obtained from 600 participants of age group of 34-45 through purposive sampling (297 males and 303 females). The research was quantitative in nature and used a cross-sectional survey design. The scales used to assess the study variables were the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale (Krumrei-Mancuso, & Rouse, 2016), the Interpersonal Conflicts at Workplace Scale (Spector & Jex, 1998), and Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 (Lapsley & Stey, 2011). The Pearson bivariate correlation, independent sample T-test, and linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. It was hypothesized that there would be significant impact of IH on interpersonal conflicts and narcissism and would be negatively associated with both variables. On the other hand, narcissism and interpersonal conflicts would be positively associated with each other. These hypotheses were supported in light of the results of the study. Moreover, gender differences were also assessed across study variables. Males possess higher level of IH, but no other significant gender differences were found in the other two aforementioned variables. An important aspect addressed in this study was the influence of adopting positive traits (IH) and dropping negative (narcissism) in the workplace and the interpersonal benefits of such healthy practices in the success of organizations.

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gender differences, intellectual humility, interpersonal benefits, interpersonal conflicts, narcissism, workplace

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2023-02-28

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Mukhtar, I., Rehman, M., Lashari, B., & Bibi, S. (2023). Impact of Intellectual Humility on Interpersonal Conflicts and Narcissism among Teachers. Academy of Education and Social Sciences Review, 3(1), 52–63. https://doi.org/10.48112/aessr.v3i1.441

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