TITLE: 
                        
                            How “Dark Side” Personality Traits Affect Social Network Position
                                
                                
                                    AUTHORS: 
                                            Mantas Bolys, Lara Kotobi, Adrian Furnham 
                                                    
                                                        KEYWORDS: 
                        Social Network Analysis, “Dark Side Traits”, Personality in SNA 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        JOURNAL NAME: 
                        Psychology,  
                        Vol.8 No.4, 
                        March
                                                        14,
                        2017
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        ABSTRACT: This study explored how “dark side” personality traits affect social network positioning. Thirty-one working adults completed the Hogan Developmental Survey (HDS), as well as a Social Network Analysis (SNA) survey measuring friendship, advice and innovation networks. SNA measures of Indegree (popularity measure) and Outdegree (expansiveness measure) were positively associated with Excitable and Colorful personality traits. In addition, Sceptical and Diligent personality traits were negatively associated with Indegree and Betweenness Centrality (network position importance measure). Implications and limitations were discussed.