A Review at the Influence of Founders’ Narcissism on Enterprise Transformation Performance

Abstract

Narcissists tend to pursue leadership and are often selected as leaders by others. Nowadays, theoretical arguments clearly link narcissism and leadership, but the question whether leader narcissism is good or bad for organizations and their members remains unanswered. Further, what the influence is when the narcissistic leaders are founders of enterprise at the same time? Additionally, China is a traditional east country with high power distance, which make people there have a natural desire and respect for power. And this may magnify the effect of narcissism of founders on the enterprise and facilitate the research.

The narcissistic leadership style perspective in terms of factors, roles and influences in the organization

“…Narsisme adalah sebagai keadaan di mana seseorang mencintai dirinya sendiri secara berlebihan (Weng, Su, & Zhang, 2018). Menurut Gardner dan Pierce dalam (Mansoor Hussain, 2020) narsisme didefinisikan sebagai sifat sombong seseorang yang senang membandingkan dirinya dengan orang lain, memiliki sifat egois, dan menganggap bahwa dirinya lebih hebat dan lebih istimewa dari orang lain.…”

“…Berdasarkan teori tersebut di atas, transformasi organisasi adalah perubahan-perubahan organisasi yang disebabkan oleh kekuatan-kekuatan internal dan eksternal, sifatnya radikal, atau evolusioner. Menurut (Weng et al, 2018) jika dalam konteks transformasi organisasi dengan wujud respon organisasi terhadap perubahan lingkungan yang sifatnya lambat, bertahap, dan tidak evolusioner maka dipandang organisasi tersebut tidak dapat mengakomodasi perubahan lingkungan yang ada. Sedangkan menurut (Heli Wang, Jiao, & School, 2022) perubahan radikal dalam transformasi organisasi memunculkan tantangan berat bagi organisasi saat ini, bagaimana organisasi dapat melakukan transformasi organisasi tanpa menimbulkan masalah, atau dampak yang menyakitkan bagi anggota organisasinya.…”

Research on the Effect of Narcissistic Leadership on Employee Job Embeddedness

“…“Narcissism,” a common psychological and stylistic trait of senior managers, has been shown to have an impact on subordinates’ psychology and further provoke their negative attitudes and behaviors, such as cynicism, low job satisfaction, silent behavior, and turnover intentions ( Alhasnawi and Abbas, 2021 ). Existing research has also proved that narcissistic leadership is more likely to occur in the culture with a high tendency toward collectivism ( Weng et al, 2018 ; Xiao et al, 2018 ). Accordingly, the present study constructs a theoretical model of narcissistic leadership influencing employees’ job embeddedness and analyzes the mediating effect of LMX and perceived insider status based on the Chinese context, which not only enriches the relevant empirical research related to narcissistic leadership and employees’ job embeddedness, but also provides a theoretical reference and practical guidance for organizations to mitigate the dark side of narcissistic leadership and stimulate employees’ positive work attitudes and behaviors.…”