Purpose – This research aims to investigate the relationship between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) narcissism and earnings management practices in Brazilian listed companies. Theoretical framework – Support for the Upper Echelons Theory (UET). Design/methodology/approach – Using a panel data regression approach, we analyze a sample of 106 companies...
Published in Personality & social psychology bulletin
Integrating insights from interdependence theory with the narcissistic admiration and rivalry concept, we propose that a pivotal obstacle for narcissistic leaders is their inability to sustain benevolent perceptions over time. As people strive to interpret social behavior in terms of self- or other-interest, the narcissistic tendency of prioritizin...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Purpose The purpose of the current study was to determine whether there are personality differences (the HEXACO model, narcissism, sadism, compassion for others) in mask-wearing, social distancing, and hoarding. Findings Those who always wore masks were significantly higher in compassion for others and significantly lower in sadism compared to thos...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction This meta-analysis investigates the relationships between the Dark Triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and mental toughness. Previous research has shown mixed results regarding the influence of these traits on mental toughness. The objective of this meta-analysis is to synthesize existing literature...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Humans must identify others as enemies or allies to develop, protect, maintain, and refine their sense of self. This is a part of their normal psychological development. These phenomena operate on individual and large group levels and are pronounced under threat. In peril, they help create psychological boundaries between conflicting parties and bo...
Published in Frontiers in Political Science
Who supports the populist radical right (PRR)? And under what circumstances? We theorize that social status-related envy (SSRE) is the construct that integrates personality- and grievance-based theories of PRR support. To assess our theory, we estimate psychological network models on German survey data to map the complex relationships between PRR s...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction The literature suggests that people can accurately infer dark triad (DT) personality traits from other peoples’ faces. Using a self-report scale, this study investigated the impact of participants’ DT personality traits on their ability to accurately infer other peoples’ DT traits from facial cues. Methods We created composite facial p...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Introduction While the relationship between narcissism and empathy has been well-researched, studies have paid less attention to empathic accuracy, i.e., appreciating the precise strength of another person’s emotions, and self-other distinction, in terms of the disparity between affective ratings for self and other in response to emotive stimuli. F...
The goal of this study is to establish a better understanding of the characteristics of toxic colleagues, the negative consequences of having to work with toxic colleagues, and the potential solutions to toxic colleagues in Malaysia. Qualitative data was gathered from 14 Malaysian employees through interviews and was analyzed through template analy...
Published in The Journal of social psychology
Listeners who interrupt speakers upset the speakers and prevent the benefits of good listening. Interruptions can be avoided with "time-sharing," where each partner listens (silently) for an equal amount of time. Yet, is time-sharing good for all? In an experiment with 50 pairs (95 participants with useable data), participants conversed freely for ...
