Narcissism in Organizations: A Multisource Appraisal Reflects Different Perspectives

The majority of employees state that their manager is the worst aspect of their job. Over the past decade, a considerable amount of research has been devoted to identifying factors that contribute to immoral and ineffective leader behavior. Researchers have continually linked personality, and in par...

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Published inHuman performance Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 254 - 276
Main Authors Blair, Carrie A., Hoffman, Brian J., Helland, Katherine R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2008
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Leadership
Managers
Performance appraisal
Personality traits
Studies
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Summary:The majority of employees state that their manager is the worst aspect of their job. Over the past decade, a considerable amount of research has been devoted to identifying factors that contribute to immoral and ineffective leader behavior. Researchers have continually linked personality, and in particular narcissism, to the proclivity of leaders to behave ineffectively and unethically. This study represents an initial attempt to examine the relationship between narcissism and leadership in an organizational setting to determine the extent to which narcissism is related to managerial effectiveness and integrity. Results indicated that narcissism was negatively related to supervisor ratings of interpersonal performance and integrity. In contrast, narcissism was unrelated to subordinate ratings of interpersonal performance and integrity. Furthermore, narcissism was unrelated to supervisor and subordinate ratings of conceptual performance. The unique relationship between narcissistic leaders and their followers is offered as an explanation for these findings.
ISSN:0895-9285
1532-7043
DOI:10.1080/08959280802137705