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I'm simply the best, better than all the rest: Narcissistic leaders and corporate fundraising success

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: We examine the relationship between leader grandiose narcissism, composed of admiration and rivalry, and corporate fundraising success in a sample of 2377 organizational leaders. To examine a large sample of leaders, we applied a machine-learning algorithm to predict leaders' personality scores based on leaders' Twitter profiles. We found that admiration was positively related to - while rivalry was negatively related to corporate fundraising success (in '000s). Analyses also showed that leader gender does not moderate this relationship, unlike initially expected. We discuss and compare our findings to previous work on narcissism and crowdfunding.

Source: Personality and Individual Differences

DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110317

Authors: Dritjon Gruda, Jim McCleskey, Dimitra Karanatsiou, Athena Vakali

Institutions: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Western Governors University, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Language: English

Topic: Personality Traits and Psychology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,500

OpenAlex ID: W3048400184

FWCI: 1.951

Cites: 40

Cited by: 45

Related to: 10