The Bright-Side and the Dark-Side of CEO Personality: Examining Core Self-Evaluations, Narcissism, Transformational Leadership, and Strategic Influence

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1365-1381

  Resick, Christian J ^a   Whitman, Daniel S ^b   Weingarden, Steven M ^c   Hiller, Nathan J ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Thinking Ahead LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

core self evaluations; leadership; narcissism; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NARCISSISM; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SELF EVALUATION;

BASEBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NARCISSISM; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONALITY; REWARD; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 72249119228     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016238     Document Type: Article

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