Background and Objective: This paper posits that market-oriented economies foster narcissistic behavior due to their focus on profit, private ownership, competition, and free markets. The research presented demonstrates that while overall levels of narcissism remain stable, certain political...

Background and Objective: This paper posits that market-oriented economies foster narcissistic behavior due to their focus on profit, private ownership, competition, and free markets. The research presented demonstrates that while overall levels of narcissism remain stable, certain political...

Purpose The aim of this article is to highlight the major part played by executives in the escalation of corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). Based on the upper echelons theory, the authors developed a model which shows the essential role of CEOs in explaining CSI. The authors proposed that...

Prior research has investigated how narcissistic executives affect firm policies and outcomes and how these executives influence colleagues and followers. However, almost no research exists concerning the impact of narcissistic executives on external agents. We examine the case of credit...

Purpose Literature on psychology highlights four traits that shape an amoral and antisocial personality: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy and sadism. Together, these personality traits form the Dark Tetrad. In this study, the standard intertemporal utility maximization model is...

Previous research has shown that leaders’ narcissistic rivalry is positively associated with abusive supervision. However, it remains unclear when and how leaders high in narcissistic rivalry show abusive supervision. Building on trait activation theory and the Narcissistic Admiration and...

Understanding the performance of millennial and Gen Z accountants in start-ups is compelling due to their role in enhancing start-up resilience. While training can improve employee performance, concerns arise about the impact of narcissistic personalities. The research aims to uncover the...

The increased usage of technology has engendered different forms of bullying. While scholars affirm that cyberbullying is considered to exhibit the most harmful impacts on individuals among the different types of bullying. It needs to be underscored that the multifaceted and recurring nature of...

As competition for gaining high-profit margins and survival among organizations (in the situation caused by COVID-19) grows, the number of business scandals or unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPOB) increases simultaneously. The current study investigates the mediating role of employees'...

Understanding the performance of millennial and Gen Z accountants in start-ups is compelling due to their role in enhancing start-up resilience. While training can improve employee performance, concerns arise about the impact of narcissistic personalities. The research aims to uncover the...

Analyzing verbatim interviews, we show that mutual fund managers’ level of narcissism is highly relevant for money management. Supporting the notion that narcissists disregard agreements more often than others, we find that narcissistic fund managers are 34% more likely to deviate from the...

The increased usage of technology has engendered different forms of bullying. While scholars affirm that cyberbullying is considered to exhibit the most harmful impacts on individuals among the different types of bullying. It needs to be underscored that the multifaceted and recurring nature of...

Narcissism is a multifaceted personality trait that profoundly influences individuals' cognition, emotions, and actions. This study investigates the relationship between narcissistic CEOs and their engagement in opportunistic insider trading. Utilizing a quantitative measure of CEOs’...

Abstract—We show that mutual fund managers’ level of narcissism is highly relevant for money management. Supporting the notion that narcissists disregard agreements more often than others, we find that narcissistic fund managers are 34% more likely to deviate from the advertised investment...

Narcissistic CEOs tend to act to preserve a favorable public image. We content that in their avoidance of behaviors that might harm their reputation as a great leader, a narcissistic CEO minimizes actions that cause corporate misconduct. Consistent with our hypothesis, we find empirical evidence...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Negative Leaders -- Chapter 2: The Dark Triad -- Chapter 3: Bad Leader/Abusive Supervisor/Destructive Leader -- Chapter 4: Ineffective, Bullying Leaders -- Chapter 5: Uncivil Leaders -- Part II: Positive Leaders -- Chapter 6: Civil Transactional Leader. Chapter...

Narcissists often attain leadership positions, but at the same time do not care for others and often engage in unethical behaviors. We therefore explored the role of leader narcissism as an antecedent of abusive supervision, a form of unethical leadership. We based our study on the narcissistic...

This paper examines the relation between CEO narcissism and firm’s credit ratings. Using the size of the CEO signature to measure CEO narcissism, we find that narcissistic CEOs are associated with lower firm’s credit ratings. The negative association between CEO narcissism and credit ratings...