Kim et al. (2021), Journal of Applied Psychology

When CEOs are all about themselves: Perceived CEO narcissism and middle managers’ workplace behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Middle managers who saw their CEO as narcissistic reported more uncertainty, especially when COVID-19 threatened the firm, and that uncertainty went with more laissez-faire leadership and impression management; an online experiment with working adults supported the model.

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