A Study of Narcissism, Affiliation, Intimacy, and Power Motives among Students in Business Administration
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This research examined the intercorrelations of scores on narcissism and the motives for affiliation, intimacy, and power. 65 students in a Master's program for business administration were given the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Thematic Apperception Test. A significant difference in narcissism was found between men and women. Men and women also were significantly different on the need for intimacy. Narcissism was significantly and negatively correlated with the need for intimacy and significantly and positively correlated with the need for power. The hypothesized association between narcissism and the need for affiliation was not substantiated.
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Narcissists often construct projective narratives indicative of power motivation.
“Regarding the strength of the status motive, studies on implicit motivation (Carroll, 1987; Joubert, 1998) have found that narcissists often construct projective narratives indicative of power motivation (i.e., the need to influence others; McClelland, 1987).”
From The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit (2020) · cites this paper as Carroll, 1987
Studies on implicit motivation suggest a weak but negative association between narcissism and the construction of narratives indicative of affiliation and intimacy.
“Indeed, studies on implicit motivation suggest a weak but negative association between narcissism and the construction of narratives indicative of affiliation and intimacy (Carroll, 1987; Joubert, 1998).”
From The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit (2020) · cites this paper as Carroll, 1987
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- Authors
- Carroll, L.
- Affiliations
- Shippensburg University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Carroll, Lynne
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1987-10
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 355-358
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W1980828830
- Cited by
- 179
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- narcissism, need for affiliation, need for power, business administration students, gender differences, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Thematic Apperception Test, interpersonal motives
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