Machiavellian Scores of Volunteer Student Counselors and Student Government Officers

Abstract

Two groups of students, campus counselors and campus officers, were given Christie's (1962) scale of Machiavellianism in interpersonal orientation. Campus officers made significantly higher (more machiavellian) scores than did campus counselors, and a significant interaction effect suggests that the major difference was between female counselors and officers. It is suggested that Christie's scale taps different value orientations toward working with others.