Reality at odds with perceptions: Narcissistic leaders and group performance

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1259-1264

  Nevicka, Barbora ^a   Ten Velden, Femke S ^a   de Hoogh, Annebel H B ^a   van Vianen, Annelies E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

group performance; interpersonal interaction; leadership; narcissism; perceptions; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053531555     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611417259     Document Type: Article

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