Narcissism and academic dishonesty: The exhibitionism dimension and the lack of guilt

Brunell, Amy B.; Staats, Sara; Barden, Jamie; Hupp, Julie M.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.006

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“…For example, the constant need for admiration rooted in narcissism may drive the narcissist to take excessive risks (Wallace and Baumeister 2002;Vazire and Funder 2006;Foster et al 2009;Williams et al 2010). Similarly, narcissism can lead to unethical behaviors when the narcissist believes that (s)he is deserving of greater rewards than can be obtained ethically (Brown et al 2009;Brunell et al 2011), or when the narcissist's ego is threatened by real or perceived competition (Campbell et al 2004a;Davis et al 2008). …”

Section: Dysfunctional Aspects Of Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Johnson

Kuhn

Apostolou

et al. 2012

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice &Amp; Theory

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SUMMARYAuditing standards prescribe that the auditor should consider client management's attitude toward fraud when making fraud risk assessments. However, little guidance is provided in the auditing standards or the existing fraud literature on observable indicators of fraud attitude.We test whether observable indicators of narcissism, a personality trait linked to unethical and fraudulent behavior, is viewed by auditors as an indicator of increased fraud attitude risk. We administered an experiment to 101 practicing auditors from one international public accounting firm who assessed fraud risk based on a scenario in which client manager narcissism (attitude) and fraud motivation were each manipulated at two levels (low and high). Our results show that narcissistic client behavior and fraud motivation are significantly and positively related to auditors' overall fraud risk assessments. Implications of these findings for further research and the auditing profession are discussed.

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Section: Dysfunctional Aspects Of Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Johnson

Kuhn

Apostolou

et al. 2012

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice &Amp; Theory

129

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“…The NPI score is a forced-choice measure, where each item contains a pair of statements (for example: "When people compliment me I sometimes get embarrassed" against "I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so"). One point is attributed to each answer considered to reflect narcissism, and zero for the other alternative (Brunell et al, 2011). The level of narcissism is hence obtained by the sum of the points on all the items, with higher values indicating stronger narcissism.…”

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“…This concept has been extended beyond the confines of mental disease to include other tendencies, which can be differentiated into clinical and subclinical (non-pathological). While clinical narcissism is defined as a personality disorder, subclinical narcissism can be understood as a personality characteristic or trait, presented by many individuals who are considered "normal" (Wallace & Baumeister, 2002;Brunell, Staats, Barden & Hupp, 2011). In this article, when mentioning the concept of narcissism, except when specified otherwise, we mean narcissistic traits or non-pathological narcissism.…”

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“…The studies on narcissism address the theme from different perspectives: the construction of scales to measure the characteristic or the improvement of existing scales (Penney, Moretti & Silva, 2008;Ackerman et al, 2011;Davis & Brunell, 2012); the identification of patterns of narcissism (Westerman et al, 2012;Gungor, Eksi & Aricak, 2012); and/or the correlation with learning Godkin & Allcorn, 2009;Watson, 2012), disadaptive behaviors (Weikel et al, 2010;Golmaryami & Barry, 2010;Lau et al, 2011;Pauletti et al, 2012), and academic dishonesty (Romanek, 2009;Brunell et al, 2011). In the Brazilian setting, the studies on the theme have been primarily published in the areas of education and psychology, for example, the studies by Severiano (1999), Caixeta (2011), and Langaro and Benetti (2014, among others.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

Lima

Avelino

Cunha

2018

Rev. contab. organ.

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58The purpose of this research was to identify if non-pathological narcissistic personality traits in accounting students are related to their performance. Students who overestimate their performance, a characteristic present in narcissistic individuals, live in the unrealistic belief that they do better than others in different activities. Such tendency can be detrimental in the long term. In addition to resulting in a constant effort so that such expectations become reality. The data were collected from a sample of 106 Brazilian accounting students who responded to a survey that included the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). The results suggest that the higher the presence of narcissistic traits, the greater his/her self-perceived academic performance. At same time, narcissism does not influence the student's real performance, which suggest that narcissistic personality traits just influence expectations, reather than the learning process. INTRODUCTIONOne of the differences between the current generation and previous ones is the current generation's level of narcissism (Dworkis, 2012). According to Trechera, Torre, and Morales (2008), historians, philosophers, sociologists, and social analysts generally agree that in recent decades society has reached an apogee of narcissism that is a central cultural theme (Mazlish, 1982;Valadez & Clignet, 1987;Rojas, 2007), characterized by a strong concern, in all walks of life, about self-realization, to the detriment of the collective well-being (Severiano, 1999

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“…They also engage in deception for self-gain , and are more likely to commit infidelity in romantic relationships (McNulty & Widman, 2014). Narcissistic individuals are less prone to feelings of shame and guilt (Campbell, Foster, & Brunell, 2004), further supporting their immoral behaviors (Brunell, Staats, Barden, & Hupp, 2011). Thus, narcissism can be described as a mixed blessing, given its links with adaptive and maladaptive tendencies (Paulhus, 1998).…”

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Relationships between the Dark Triad and Delayed Gratification: An Evolutionary Perspective

Baughman¹,

Jonason²,

Vernon³

2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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The Dark Triad (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) is a cluster of socially aversive personality traits that account for the "darker" side of human behavior.While traditional views have focused on the maladaptive nature of these traits, recent work in the field of evolutionary psychology suggests these traits may be adaptive in terms of self-serving behavior. The Dark Triad traits may also be a manifestation of a particular life strategy that an individual engages in; one that is characterized by immediate gratification and risk-taking. The present study examined links between the Dark Triad traits and ability to delay gratification in a sample of 364 undergraduate students (136 males). Psychopathy was the most strongly linked to an inability to delay gratification, followed by Machiavellianism and narcissism. Sex also moderated these relationships, such that women who scored high on Machiavellianism were less likely to delay gratification than men; however, these associations were no longer significant when a more conservative Bonferroni correction was applied. Findings are discussed within the evolutionary framework of Life History Theory.

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Narcissism and academic dishonesty: The exhibitionism dimension and the lack of guilt

Cited by 111 publications

References 28 publications

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

Relationships between the Dark Triad and Delayed Gratification: An Evolutionary Perspective

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