Leader narcissism and subordinate embeddedness: The moderating roles of moral attentiveness and behavioral integrity Hakan Vahit Erkutlu, Jamel Chafra,
Article information:To cite this document: Hakan Vahit Erkutlu, Jamel Chafra, (2017) "Leader narcissism and subordinate embeddedness: The moderating roles of moral attentiveness and behavioral integrity", EuroMed Journal of Business, Vol.
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Hakan Vahit ErkutluDepartment of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Nevşehir University, Nevşehir, Turkey, and
Jamel ChafraDepartment of Tourism and Hotel Management, Bilkent Universitesi, Ankara, Turkey
AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between leader narcissism (LN) and subordinate embeddedness as well as to test the moderating roles of moral attentiveness (MA) and behavioral integrity (BI) on that very relationship. Design/methodology/approach -Data were collected from 19 five-star hotels in Turkey. The sample included 1,613 employees along with their first-line managers. The moderating roles of MA and BI on the LN and subordinate embeddedness relationship were tested using the moderated hierarchical regression analysis. Findings -The moderated hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that there was a significant negative relationship between LN and subordinate embeddedness. In addition, this very relation was weaker when both MA and BI were higher than when they were lower. Practical implications -This study showed that employee perception of LN decreased employee's job embeddedness ( JE). The study findings point out the importance of reinforcing an ethical context as well as the importance of leader selection. Specifically, in order to ensure that narcissistic leaders do not thrive in organizations, it is significant to maintain an ethical context. Whether the context is ethical, unethical, or interpersonally ineffective, behaviors will likely be more salient and evaluated more negatively by coworkers. On the other hand, when narcissistic leaders are inserted in organizations with unethical contexts, the result is a p...