Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead

Schyns, Birgit; Lagowska, Urszula; Braun, Susanne

doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000504

Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead

Schyns, Birgit; Lagowska, Urszula; Braun, Susanne

Authors

Professor Birgit Schyns birgit.schyns@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Urszula Lagowska

Professor Susanne Braun susanne.braun@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This study tests the relationships between grandiose narcissism and affective, calculative, social-normative motivation to lead (MTL), and avoidance to lead as well as between vulnerable narcissism and affective MTL and avoidance to lead. Further, we assess the moderating effect of narcissistic organizational identification (NOI). As expected, grandiose narcissism correlated positively with three dimensions of MTL, though the relationship with social-normative MTL disappeared when controlling for NOI and the interaction. Vulnerable narcissism was positively related to avoidance to lead, but not to affective MTL. Subsequent regression analysis revealed that vulnerable narcissism related negatively to affective MTL for individuals with low or moderate (but not high) NOI. Our study contributes to the integration of narcissism and leadership research by examining a differentiated conceptualization of narcissism, explaining why some individuals may actively approach, while others actively avoid leadership, and one of the boundary conditions which may facilitate narcissists’ MTL.

Citation

Schyns, B., Lagowska, U., & Braun, S. (2022). Me, me, me - narcissism and motivation to lead. Journal of Psychology, 230(4), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000504

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 24, 2022
Online Publication Date	Oct 4, 2022
Publication Date	2022-10
Deposit Date	Apr 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Apr 1, 2022
Journal	Zeitschrift für Psychologie
Print ISSN	2190-8370
Electronic ISSN	2151-2604
Publisher	Hogrefe
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	230
Issue	4
Pages	330-334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000504
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1209572

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