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All the Working World’s A Stage: Narcissism, Work Values, and Vocational Preferences
Personality Science, Vol.5
12/2024
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Prior research has established that individuals high in narcissism may favor certain professions over others, but the reasons for this remain speculative. The present study employs the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Concept model to differentiate between two motivational drivers of narcissism – admiration (desire for praise) and rivalry (desire to denigrate others) – and explores their influence on vocational preferences in an online sample of 386 full-time U.S. employees. Further, we examine the role of work values (achievement, comfort, status, altruism, safety, autonomy) as mediators in these preferences. By understanding how narcissism’s two dimensions shape interest in various vocations, we expand upon previous research on subclinical personality and career preferences, offering organizations a way to proactively identify workers with potentially derailing personality characteristics. Finding that work values mediate the relationship between narcissism and vocational interests suggests the importance of investigating this mediating mechanism with other bright and dark traits.
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- Title
- All the Working World’s A Stage
- Publication Details
- Personality Science, Vol.5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024
- Identifiers
- 99381473581406600
- Academic Unit
- Business Administration; Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business
- Language
- English