Inside the Minds of Narcissists
How Narcissistic Leaders’ Cognitive Processes Contribute to Abusive Supervision
Abstract
Although a growing body of work examines follower outcomes of abusive supervision (see Schyns & Schilling, 2013; Tepper, 2007 for reviews), scant attention has been paid to the perpetrators despite Tepper’s (2007) call for future theoretical models to consider how leader characteristics, such as narcissism, might predispose leaders toward abusive behaviors. To address these issues, we develop a conceptual model that details how narcissistic leaders’ cognitive processes may promote abusive supervision.
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