Narcissistic Leadership and Project Success: The Role of Knowledge Sharing and Collectivism in IT Firms

IF 1.5 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Organizacija Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.2478/orga-2023-0024

Hina Tahir, O. S. Paracha, Syed Shafqat Mukarram

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Abstract Purpose In the quest of exploring specific developments in contemporary management research, this study highlights the prevalence of narcissistic leadership in IT firms. We employed the upper-echelon framework to analyze the impact of narcissistic leadership on project success. This study considered the dark side of a leader’s narcissism while analyzing how narcissistic leadership affects a project’s success through knowledge sharing and collectivism. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling is employed to investigate this proposition. Using convenience sampling, approximately 370 questionnaires were dispensed out of which 272 completed questionnaires were utilized for performing the analysis of IT firms. Findings Narcissistic leadership affects project’s success through knowledge sharing and collectivism. The results indicate that narcissistic leadership negatively predicts project success. Moreover, knowledge sharing fully mediated the relationship between narcissistic leadership and project success. Whereas, collectivism moderates the relationship between knowledge-sharing and narcissistic leadership. Originality Our assumptions are based on the upper-echelon theory indicating that narcissistic leadership affects project success through knowledge-sharing and collectivism. This has been proved by the empirical analysis carried out in Pakistan’s IT sector.

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自恋型领导与项目成功：IT 企业中知识共享和集体主义的作用

摘要目的为探索当代管理研究的具体发展，本研究强调了自恋型领导在 IT 企业中的普遍性。我们采用上层梯队框架来分析自恋型领导对项目成功的影响。本研究考虑了领导者自恋的阴暗面，同时分析了自恋型领导如何通过知识共享和集体主义影响项目的成功。设计/方法/途径采用结构方程模型来研究这一命题。采用便利抽样法，发放了约 370 份调查问卷，其中 272 份填写完毕，用于对 IT 公司进行分析。研究结果自恋型领导通过知识共享和集体主义影响项目的成功。结果表明，自恋型领导对项目成功具有负向预测作用。此外，知识共享完全调节了自恋型领导与项目成功之间的关系。而集体主义则调节了知识共享与自恋型领导力之间的关系。原创性我们的假设基于上层领导理论，即自恋型领导通过知识共享和集体主义影响项目成功。在巴基斯坦 IT 行业进行的实证分析证明了这一点。

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Organizacija MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

15.80%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Organizacija (Journal of Management, Information Systems and Human Resources) is an interdisciplinary peer reviewed journal that seeks both theoretical and practical papers devoted to managerial aspects of the subject matter indicated in the title. In particular the journal focuses on papers which cover state-of art developments in the subject area of the journal, its implementation and use in the organizational practice. Organizacija is covered by numerous Abstracting & Indexing services, including SCOPUS.