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

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Grijalva, Emily J.

Contributors dc:contributor

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

• Narcissism
• Leadership
• Meta-Analysis

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 Emily Grijalva

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45624

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/45624