Date of Graduation
8-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Management
Advisor/Mentor
Oleg V. Petrenko
Committee Member
Jason Ridge
Second Committee Member
Aaron Hill
Third Committee Member
Jake Grandy
Keywords
CEO, Personality, Marcissism
Abstract
In this study, I move away from the common clinical conception of narcissism in management to a novel two-dimensional concept and measurement of narcissism. Because these dimensions are shown to have divergent motives, goals, social strategies, and behaviors, I theorize that these differences in narcissism will have diverging effects on the firm. Then, I shift the conceptual focus of CEO narcissism research from the CEO as an agentic decision-maker seeking external praise for firm consequences to an implicit social strategist who prioritizes short-term interpersonal interactions in service of narcissistic supply. I examine four internal outcomes likely to be influenced by the two dimensions of narcissism: CEO tenure, heir apparent likelihood, TMT turnover, and vertical pay disparity. I test my hypotheses using a videometric approach on a random sample of SP500 firms from 2018.
Citation
Blake, A. B. (2022). Exploring the Divergent Social Dimensions of CEO Narcissism on Internal Firm Outcomes. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/4686