Employee narcissism and promotability prospects.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Narcissistic individuals often rise to positions of influence, but how so? Upward mobility in formal hierarchies is frequently contingent upon supervisory evaluations. We examined the relation between employee narcissism and supervisor promotability ratings, testing predictions from the display of power perspective (narcissism will positively predict promotability due to higher perceived power) and impression management perspective (narcissism will positively predict promotability due to self-promotion).

Method

In two multisource studies involving employees and their supervisors from diverse organizations (S1: N_employees  = 166; N_supervisors  = 93; S2: N_employees  = 128; N_supervisors  = 85), we measured employee narcis

SUBMITTER: Nevicka B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8518866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature