Psychology of Leadership and Management

A study across two South Korean surveys finds that narcissistic leaders tend to create workplace uncertainty, which is linked to more employee cheating, especially among workers with greater job autonomy.

A study of 227 business-to-business salespeople finds that a manager's fixation on the bottom line tends to spread to their team, but a salesperson's moral values and a higher share of fixed pay appear to protect customer relationships.

A new study finds that workers high in "dark" personality traits tend to fare better on well-being and advancement under a toxic boss, but still want to quit just as much as everyone else.

A study of 442 German employees finds that "narcissistic boss" is too blunt a label: charm boosts engagement, rivalry erodes it, and a withdrawn leader may unexpectedly leave staff feeling more engaged, not less.

A study of more than 4,000 company-years finds that narcissistic CEOs are more likely to pursue insider deals that hurt company performance, and that strong boards can blunt the damage.

A study of a retail chain found that when managers delivered birthday gifts late, employees responded with 50% more sick days and fewer working hours, suggesting even tiny workplace slights can dent performance.

A study of more than 8,700 Chinese firms finds that companies led by more narcissistic CEOs tend to produce more breakthrough innovation, with the effect strongest in private firms and competitive industries.

A new study finds people consistently favor an option ranked 2nd of 8 over one ranked 4th of 16, even though they're statistically equal. The reason: we judge rankings by their distance from the top.

A new study tests whether an AI trained on 33 million words of leadership assessments can match human experts at scoring candidates and predicting career progression.

Researchers analyzed 208,050 tweets from S&P 1500 CEOs and found that two personality traits predicted higher pay, with better investment decisions as the likely link.