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Narcissism and Workplace Attitudes and Performance: The Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Political Skill and the Moderating Role of Ethical Leadership
ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), University of South Alabama
2023
Abstract
This study examines cognitive and behavioral mechanisms which explain why employee narcissism leads to positive and negative workplace outcomes. Drawing from social cognitive theory, we propose that grandiose and vulnerable narcissism have divergent relationships with workplace attitudinal and behavioral outcomes, including organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, and workplace deviance. We further suggest that these differences can be explained via the serial mediating mechanisms of self-efficacy and political skill. Using data gathered in a three-wave survey from 296 working adults in the United States, the results of this study provide support for 12 of the hypothesized relationships. This study advances the theoretical understanding of personal and behavioral factors (i.e., self-concept and social effectiveness skills) motivating narcissistic employees to engage in positive versus negative behavior, and the boundary conditions under which narcissistic employees may operate more efficiently and effectively in the workplace.
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- Title
- Narcissism and Workplace Attitudes and Performance
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
- Number of pages
- 115
- Identifiers
- 99380501086106600
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of South Alabama; Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), University of South Alabama