| Title | Are narcissists more creative? Only if we believe it: How narcissism can relate to creativity |
| Authors | Ji, Yueting Liu, Haiyang Liu, Shengming Xu, Minya Lin, Zixiang |
| Affiliation | Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Business Sch, Dept Org Behav & Human Resource Management, Beijing, Peoples R China Nanyang Technol Univ, Nanyang Business Sch, Div Leadership Management & Organizations, Singapore, Singapore Fudan Univ, Sch Management, Dept Business Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Guanghua Sch Management, Dept Business Stat & Econometr, Beijing, Peoples R China China Natl Petr Corp, Policy Res Off, Beijing, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR LEADER POLITICAL SKILL IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT SELF-EVALUATIONS THEORETICAL EXTENSION WORK BEHAVIOR PERSONALITY QUESTION MODEL PERCEPTIONS |
| Issue Date | 6-Jan-2023 |
| Publisher | FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY |
| Abstract | The relationship between narcissism and creativity has inspired interesting debates for decades. Drawing on a new perspective, the current study tried to explain how narcissism influences others' creativity evaluation in the organizational context. Based on the theory of impression management, we suggested that narcissism and creativity may have a more complex relationship rather than a simple linear link. To test this relationship, we conducted a survey of 596 subordinates and 60 leaders in three high-technology companies. The result showed that there was an inverted U-shaped relationship between narcissism and creativity evaluation. Moreover, personal reputation mediated this curvilinear relationship and this relationship was significant only when narcissists were low in political skill. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations and future directions have also been discussed. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/669342 |
| ISSN | 1664-1078 |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1091770 |
| Indexed | SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 光华管理学院 |
