How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment

Liu, Haiyang ORCID: 0000-0002-6900-3491, Chiang, Jack Ting-Ju, Fehr, Ryan, Xu, Minya and Wang, Siting (2017) How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102 (11). 1590 - 1599. ISSN 0021-9010

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Abstract

In this article we employ a trait activation framework to examine how unfairness perceptions influence narcissistic leaders’ self-interested behavior, and the downstream implications of these effects for employees’ pro-social and voice behaviors. Specifically, we propose that narcissistic leaders are particularly likely to engage in self-interested behavior when they perceive that their organizations treat them unfairly, and that this self-interested behavior in turn decreases followers’ pro-social behavior and voice. Data from a multisource, time-lagged survey of 211 team leaders and 1,205 subordinates provided support for the hypothesized model. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/apl/
Additional Information:	© 2017 American Psychological Association
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	07 Jun 2018 11:37
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2024 03:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88208

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