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.

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