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Purpose - The main purpose of this study is to determine the influence of the dark personalities of managers (narsist, makyevelist, psychopath) on the level of employment dedication and the state of opposition of those employed. Method - This study, which is addressed for this purpose, includes 289 sales staff associated with the chosen four regional management of an international enterprise in the Turkish market as an example. In the study using the easy sampling method, the data was obtained through the survey technique that included demographic, dark personality characteristics, job dedication and organizational opposition questions. The data was collected between November 2018 and May 2019. Results - The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS programs. In order to test the reliability and validity of the surveys used in the study, it has been used, respectively, the detection and verification factor analysis (DFA). The study was tested with the hypotheses created to the goal, the correlation and the structural equality model, and the results were interpreted in this direction. Discussions - Results from the analysis have found that the dark personalities of managers (narsist, makyevelist, psychopathic) have a negative impact on employment dedication and a positive impact on organizational opposition.