Are universities creating millennial narcissistic employees? an empirical examination of narcissism in business students and its implications

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-32

  Westerman, James W ^a   Bergman, Jacqueline Z ^a   Bergman, Shawn M ^a   Daly, Joseph P ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

career; generation; higher education; millennial; narcissism; pay; promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855649813     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562911408097     Document Type: Article

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