Narcissism and leadership: a meta-analysis of linear and nonlinear relationships

Grijalva, Emily J.

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Title

Narcissism and leadership: a meta-analysis of linear and nonlinear relationships

Author(s)

Grijalva, Emily J.

Issue Date

2013-08-22T16:55:47Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Newman, Daniel A.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Newman, Daniel A.

Committee Member(s)

• Drasgow, Fritz
• Roberts, Brent W.
• Rounds, James
• Harms, Peter D.

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Narcissism
• Leadership
• Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Past empirical studies relating Narcissism to leadership have offered mixed results. The present study meta-analytically integrates prior research findings to make four contributions to theory on Narcissism and leadership, by: (a) distinguishing between leadership emergence and leadership effectiveness, to reveal that Narcissism displays a positive relationship with leadership emergence, but no relationship with leadership effectiveness, (b) showing Narcissism’s positive effect on leadership emergence can be explained by leader Extraversion, (c) demonstrating that self-reported leadership effectiveness ratings are positively related to Narcissism, whereas observer-reported leadership effectiveness ratings (e.g., supervisor-report, subordinate-report, and peer-report) are not related to Narcissism, and (d) illustrating that the nil linear relationship between Narcissism and leadership effectiveness masks an underlying curvilinear trend, advancing the idea that there exists an optimal, mid-range level of leader Narcissism.

Graduation Semester

2013-08

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