Can communal work activities reduce supervisors’ state grandiose narcissism? A 10-day experience sampling study

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European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2023.2219002

Fien Heyde, Jasmine Vergauwe, J. Hofmans, B. Wille

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Narcissism is heavily investigated in psychology, including work and organizational psychology. Despite research underscoring that narcissism has a meaningful state component, there is currently no research available on within-person fluctuations in narcissism at work. The current study explores the role of particular activities that can either enhance or reduce narcissism states while at work. Specifically, the effects of agentic (i.e., directing and achieving) and communal (i.e., relating and coaching) work activities on state narcissism are examined in a sample of 121 supervisors. We assessed the work activities and supervisors’ state of narcissism two times a day over a 10-day period. Concurrent and lagged associations were examined using Dynamic Structural Equation Modelling (DSEM). The results first indicated a substantial amount of momentous fluctuation in narcissism, with up to 12% of the variability in supervisors’ narcissism scores being situated at the within-person level. Further, two types of work activities (i.e., achieving and coaching) were found to have a positive (enhancing) effect on supervisors’ state narcissism. None of the work activities emerged as a factor reducing state narcissism in this study. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

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集体工作活动能减少管理者的国家浮夸自恋吗?为期10天的经验抽样研究

自恋在心理学中受到了广泛的研究，包括工作心理学和组织心理学。尽管研究强调自恋有一个有意义的状态成分，但目前还没有关于工作中自恋的人内波动的研究。目前的研究探索了在工作中可以增强或减少自恋状态的特定活动的作用。具体而言，在121名主管的样本中，研究了代理（即指导和实现）和社区（即关联和指导）工作活动对状态自恋的影响。在10天的时间里，我们每天两次评估工作活动和主管的自恋状态。使用动态结构方程建模（DSEM）检查并发和滞后关联。研究结果首先表明，自恋有很大的波动，主管自恋得分的变化率高达12%位于人内水平。此外，两种类型的工作活动（即成就和辅导）被发现对主管的状态自恋有积极（增强）作用。在这项研究中，没有一项工作活动成为减少状态自恋的因素。讨论了研究的意义和未来的研究方向。

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期刊介绍： The mission of the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology is to promote and support the development of Work and Organizational Psychology by publishing high-quality scientific articles that improve our understanding of phenomena occurring in work and organizational settings. The journal publishes empirical, theoretical, methodological, and review articles that are relevant to real-world situations. The journal has a world-wide authorship, readership and editorial board. Submissions from all around the world are invited.