Narcissism and Leadership: A Meta-Analytic Review of Linear and Nonlinear Relationships

By Emily Grijalva, P. D. Harms, Daniel A. Newman, Blaine H. Gaddis. 2015

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Too arrogant for their own good? Why and when narcissists dismiss advice (2015, result): “This is also in congruence with a recent meta-analysis showing that those individuals who are high on narcissism tend to have poorer leadership effectiveness than those at midrange levels of narcissism (Grijalva et al., 2015).”
“See You in Court”: How CEO narcissism increases firms' vulnerability to lawsuits (2017, background): “Other studies note that narcissism exists on a spectrum, suggesting that the relationship between narcissism and performance is curvilinear, with healthy “middle” levels of narcissism contributing to performance (Grijalva et al., 2015a; Harms et al., 2011; Krizan &Herlache, 2017).”
The Acquisitive Nature of Extraverted CEOs (2017, unknown): “…trait than narcissism: a recent meta-analysis revealed that extraversion explains the positive effect of narcissism on leadership emergence (Grijalva et al., 2015), and while extraversion relates to leadership effectiveness (Judge et al., 2002), narcissism does not (Grijalva et al., 2015).”
Mental disorders in the entrepreneurship context : When Being Different Can Be an Advantage (2018, background): “narcissism has a curvilinear association with leadership effectiveness (Grijalva et al., 2015), thus”
Making CEO Narcissism Research Great: A Review and Meta-Analysis of CEO Narcissism (2019, unknown): “This could reconcile the conflicting evidence that while narcissism helps individuals rise to the top (Grijalva et al., 2015), a majority of CEOs do not demonstrate high levels of narcissism (Wright, Cragun, et al., 2016).”
Dispositional Sources of Managerial Discretion: CEO Ideology, CEO Personality, and Firm Strategies (2018, background): “By exhibiting arrogance and engaging in bullying tactics, narcissistic leaders alienate their acquaintances and incur negative social sanctions, which can derail their management success (Grijalva et al., 2015).”
Upsides to Dark and Downsides to Bright Personality: A Multidomain Review and Future Research Agenda (2018, background): “Indeed, dark personality traits have been shown to relate to leader emergence (Grijalva et al., 2015; Owens, Wallace, & Waldman, 2015; Paunonen, Lönnqvist, Verkasalo, Leikas, & Nissinen, 2006), and individuals high in dark traits are commonly promoted to points of leadership within organizations…”