Narcissism and career success: Occupational self-efficacy and career engagement as mediators

By A. Hirschi, V. K. Jaensch. 2015

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Abstract Narcissism is a personality trait that has potentially important effects on career development outcomes, yet empirical research on this issue is sparse. The present study explored the relationships between narcissism and two indicators of career success (i.e., salary and career satisfaction) among a group of young professionals (N = 314). We assessed a model proposing that the effect of narcissism on career success is mediated by increased occupational self-efficacy beliefs and career engagement. While correlations between narcissism and the two indicators of career success were minimal, the results showed a significant indirect effect on salary via occupational self-efficacy and indirect effects on career satisfaction via self-efficacy and career engagement. We discuss the results regarding insights into why narcissism may lead to career success.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. A. Hirschi
2. Daniel Spurk
3. K. Otto
4. Anita C. Keller
5. Joachim Stoeber

In Social Psychology

1. Anita C. Keller
2. M. Baluku
3. Leonsio Matagi
4. Joyce Nansamba
5. K. Otto
6. Eriphase Nsaale Mugabi
7. P. Onderi
8. A. Hirschi

In Sociology and Political Science

1. K. Otto
2. Daniel Spurk
3. A. Hirschi

Citations in the corpus

• Psychological Capital and Career Outcomes among Final Year University Students: the Mediating Role of Career Engagement and Perceived Employability (2020, background): “Consequently, career engagement is related to career satisfaction (Hirschi and Jaensch 2015; Upadyaya and Salmela-Aro 2015).”
• Do Bad Guys Get Ahead or Fall Behind? Relationships of the Dark Triad of Personality With Objective and Subjective Career Success (2016, background): “Third, the results of our study confirmed results from Hirschi and Jänsch (2015) regarding a positive relation of narcissism with salary but go beyond these findings by showing that this effect remains when controlling for the other two dark traits.”