Inside the minds of narcissists: How narcissistic leaders' cognitive processes contribute to abusive supervision

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 214-220

  Hansbrough, Tiffany Keller ^a   Jones, Gwen E ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Implicit theory; Narcissism; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915757280     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000188     Document Type: Article

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