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Leader emergence: the case of the narcissistic leader.
Abstract
These studies investigate whether individuals with high narcissism scores would be more likely to emerge as leaders during leaderless group discussions. The authors hypothesized that narcissists would emerge as group leaders. In three studies, participants completed personality questionnaires and engaged in four-person leaderless group discussions. Results from all three studies reveal a link between narcissism and leader emergence. Studies 1 and 2 further reveal that the power dimension of narcissism predicted reported leader emergence while controlling for sex, self-esteem, and the Big Five personality traits. Study 3 demonstrates an association between narcissism and expert ratings of leader emergence in a group of executives. The implications of the propensity of narcissists to emerge as leaders are discussed.
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“narcissists’ emergence as leaders (Brunell et al., 2008; Nevicka et al., 2011a; Grijalva et al., 2015a). The reason for this is that narcissistic individuals possess many characteristics that people associate with a prototypical leader (e.g., confidence, extraversion, dominance; Smith and Foti, 1998; Judge et al., 2002; Kellett et al., 2006; Paunonen et al., 2006).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brunell, A. B., Gentry, W. A., Campbell, W. K., Hoffman, B. J., Kuhnert, K. W., & DeMarree, K. G.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University Newark (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brunell, Amy B.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-10-02
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1663-1676
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2139570881
- Cited by
- 516
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 16.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › History, Medicine, and Leadership
- Keywords
- leadership emergence, narcissism, leaderless group discussion, self-esteem, Big Five personality traits, group leadership, personality and leadership
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, Narcissism, Personality
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