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How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment.
J Appl Psychol. 2017 Nov; 102(11):1590-1599.JA

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. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Liu H
Department of Organization & Strategic Management, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
Chiang JT
Department of Organization & Strategic Management, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
Fehr R
Department of Management & Organization, Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington.
Xu M
Department of Business Statistics and Econometrics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.
Wang S
Department of Managerial Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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AdultEmploymentFemaleHumansLeadershipMaleNarcissismSocial Behavior

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

28617000

Citation

Liu, Haiyang, et al. "How Do Leaders React when Treated Unfairly? Leader Narcissism and Self-interested Behavior in Response to Unfair Treatment." The Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 102, no. 11, 2017, pp. 1590-1599.
Liu H, Chiang JT, Fehr R, et al. How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment. J Appl Psychol. 2017;102(11):1590-1599.
Liu, H., Chiang, J. T., Fehr, R., Xu, M., & Wang, S. (2017). How do leaders react when treated unfairly? Leader narcissism and self-interested behavior in response to unfair treatment. The Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(11), 1590-1599. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000237
Liu H, et al. How Do Leaders React when Treated Unfairly? Leader Narcissism and Self-interested Behavior in Response to Unfair Treatment. J Appl Psychol. 2017;102(11):1590-1599. PubMed PMID: 28617000.
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