Korean Academic Society of Business Administration
[ Article ]
korean management review - Vol. 51, No. 6, pp.1569-1593
ISSN: 1226-1874 (Print)
Print publication date 31 Dec 2022
Received 30 Mar 2022 Revised 22 Jun 2022 Accepted 04 Jul 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17287/kmr.2022.51.6.1569

두 나르시시스트는 상호 배타적인가? 리더-부하 나르시시즘 (비)유사성의 효과에 관한 연구

Yihan Song ; Sang Gil Jeon
(First Author) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Strategic Management, Graduate School of Hanyang University 2020267803@hanyang.ac.kr
(Co-Author & Corresponding Author) Professor, College of Business & Economics, Hanyang University, ERICA Campus sgjeon@hanyang.ac.kr
Are Two Narcissists Mutually Exclusive? Toward Understanding the Effects of Leader-subordinate (Dis)similarity in Narcissism


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Abstract

Prior research suggests that leader narcissism can undermine important subordinate outcomes, such as subordinate behavior and performance. However, these studies have exclusively focused on leader narcissism, neglecting to consider that subordinate narcissism should also be taken into account. Based on narcissism and similarity-attraction theory, we provide an integrated perspective and predict that narcissism (dis)similarity shapes leader-subordinate dynamics. Using a multi-source and multi-wave survey, 448 leader-subordinate dyads data (from 76 teams) supported our model: Polynomial regression and response surface analyses showed that similarity predicts counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs), but this effect is asymmetrical; CWBs are lower when leader-subordinate narcissism are similar low rather than high. On the other hand, dissimilarity predicts high CWBs, and this effect is also asymmetric; this positive effect is stronger when subordinate narcissism is higher (rather than lower) than leader narcissism. Finally, these effects of (dis)similarity on CWBs were found to be moderated by high and low team performance pressures. Overall, our study suggests that narcissism (dis)similarity affects leader-subordinate dynamics and subordinate CWBs. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings for designing functional leader-subordinate dyads in organizations.

Keywords:

Narcissism, Person-Supervisor similarity, Polynomial regression, Counterproductive work behaviors, Team performance pressure

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the research fund of Hanyang University(HY-2022-1607).

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∙ The author Yihan Song is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Strategic Management at Graduate School of Hanyang University. She graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and received her Master's degree in IMBA from Yonsei University. Her main areas of research are narcissistic leader characteristics and behaviors.

∙ The author Sang Gil Jeon, is currently a Professor of Business Administration at College of Business & Economics, Hanyang University ERICA Campus. After graduating from College of Business School at Korea University, he received his Master's and Ph. D. degrees in HRM & Organizational Science from Graduate School of Korea University. He has also worked as a senior researcher in SK Telecom's Strategic Planning Office and as a visiting and inviting professor at the Gustavson Business School of University of Victoria in Canada. His main research areas are HRM & HRD, creative Leadership and organization culture innovation, innovation management etc..