Exploring the Divergent Social Dimensions of CEO Narcissism on Internal Firm Outcomes

<p>In this study, I move away from the common clinical conception of narcissism in management to a novel two-dimensional concept and measurement of narcissism. Because these dimensions are shown to have divergent motives, goals, social strategies, and behaviors, I theorize that these differences in narcissism will have diverging effects on the firm. Then, I shift the conceptual focus of CEO narcissism research from the CEO as an agentic decision-maker seeking external praise for firm consequences to an implicit social strategist who prioritizes short-term interpersonal interactions in service of narcissistic supply. I examine four internal outcomes likely to be influenced by the two dimensions of narcissism: CEO tenure, heir apparent likelihood, TMT turnover, and vertical pay disparity. I test my hypotheses using a videometric approach on a random sample of SP500 firms from 2018. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Blake, Andrew Brandon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Petrenko, Oleg V.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ridge, Jason W.
• Hill, Aaron

• CEO
• Personality
• Marcissism
• Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Social Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/4686

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uark.edu:etd-6236