Machiavellianism and Bankers in Hong Kong

Marketing has k e n widely and aggressively adopted by banks recently for growth and expansion purposes. Nevertheless, critics often attack marketing as being manipulative and unethical, or "Machia- vellian" in nature. I1 is gencraJly believed that a marketing orientation is counter lo banking. This article reporls the &dings of research investigat- ing the Machiavellian orientation of banking executives in Hong Kong and the relationship between Machiavellianism and job satisfaction and iob success in the banking sector. SigniF~cant differences were observed kcbeen banking executiv& and non%anking executives wilh regards to Machiavellian orientation and job satisfaction