CEO humility, narcissism and firm innovation: A paradox perspective on CEO traits

Zhang, Hongyu; Ou, Amy Y.; Tsui, Anne S.; Hui, Wang

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.01.003

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“…Additionally, as Tangney (2000) and others (e.g. Zhang et al 2017) have noted, a lack of arrogance or narcissism does not equate to the presence of humility. Narcissists display patterns of grandiosity, a strong need for admiration and a lack of empathy (American Psychiatric Association 2013).…”

Section: What Is Humility?mentioning

confidence: 91%

“…(Ou et al 2015, p. 7), which positively predicted firm performance. Second, Zhang et al (2017) hypothesized and found that humble Chinese CEOs who were also high in narcissism positively enhanced their firm's innovative culture and innovative performance. These relationships were fully mediated through displays of socialized charisma.…”

Section: Organizational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Humility: Our Current Understanding of the Construct and its Role in Organizations

Nielsen¹,

Marrone

2018

Int J Management Reviews

101

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Since 2000, researchers and practitioners have shown increased interest in humility. This construct has been studied in disciplines ranging from organizational behaviour to positive psychology, culminating in a wealth of information that can now be analysed and reviewed through the lens of humility in organizations. This review begins by reflecting on existing conceptualizations of humility and presenting a summary of findings that reflects a greater consensus in definitional work than some researchers may realize. It then considers the progress that has been made in measuring humility by specifying key measurement strategies. It next synthesizes existing empirical findings on humility to illuminate the uniqueness of the construct. It also shows that researchers have focused on studying dependent variables that exist at multiple organizational levels and that largely comprise pro-social and relational variables, emotional well-being, and learning and performance outcomes. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research.

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Section: What Is Humility?mentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Organizational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humility: Our Current Understanding of the Construct and its Role in Organizations

Nielsen¹,

Marrone

2018

Int J Management Reviews

101

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“…In this field, Manner [49] reported that the gender of the CEO is positively associated with CSR reporting, in contrast to Huang [51], who found such influence to be weak compared to other characteristics such as the CEO's level of education. In what concerns attitudes towards innovation, Zhang et al [52] found no significant influence of gender on the culture of innovation or on its implementation.…”

Section: Upper Echelons Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Twitter for CSR Disclosure: Influence of CEO and Firm Characteristics in Latin American Companies

2018

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Social networks, which are characterised by accessibility and interactivity, offer great potential for dialogue between companies and stakeholders, for example as platforms for publishing information on aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this paper, we use a synthetic index to analyse levels of CSR disclosure via Twitter, and identify explanatory variables of this disclosure by studying the demographic characteristics of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and of the company. This synthetic index was based on data for 93 companies located in the four countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru), using categories based on the 2016 Global Reporting Initave (GRI) Standards. The tweets were compiled during a period of two months in 2017, immediately before and after the publication of each CSR report. The synthetic index was taken as the dependent variable and used as the basis for multivariate regression analysis to identify the relationship between the level of CSR disclosure on Twitter and the characteristics of the firm and its CEO. The results obtained show that firms operating in environmentally-sensitive industries present higher levels of CSR disclosure on Twitter than those in other sectors. By country of origin, the Colombian and Chilean companies offered higher levels of disclosure than those in Mexico and Peru. The regression analysis revealed a positive relationship between the firm operating in a sensitive industry and its level of CSR disclosure on Twitter, and an inverse relationship between the latter variable and the tenure of the CEO.

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“…Certainly, CEO attributes affect different aspects of an organization that are interlinked with the firm's growth and sustainability. In this regard, analyses have been performed on the impact of CEO attributes on a firm's cash holdings, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and earnings management (Francis et al, 2008;Orens and Reheul, 2013;Chen et al, 2014;Zhang et al, 2017;García-Sánchez and Martínez-Ferrero, 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Demonstrating the Impact of Cognitive CEO on Firms’ Performance and CSR Activity

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One aspect of entrepreneurship psychology also clarifies individual characteristics. Drawing from entrepreneurship psychology, the concept of a cognitive CEO has been formulated using the DAE statistical technique. The study elucidates that cognitive CEOs not only boost SME performance but also invigorate CSR activity. Data for listed SMEs for the years 2016-2018 are analyzed through the panel regression technique. Significantly, the study demonstrates that CEO age is positively interlinked with the growth and CSR activity of the firm. Moreover, the empirical underpinning of the results also reveals that state-owned enterprises and firms with high total assets prefer cognitive CEOs, who accelerate the firm's value and invigorate CSR activity. The number of independent directors is analyzed as a moderator and is concluded to be an intensifier for both SME growth and CSR activity. Finally, 2SLS instrumental panel regression is used to validate the veracity of the empirical results.

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CEO humility, narcissism and firm innovation: A paradox perspective on CEO traits

Cited by 197 publications

References 118 publications

Humility: Our Current Understanding of the Construct and its Role in Organizations

Humility: Our Current Understanding of the Construct and its Role in Organizations

Exploring Twitter for CSR Disclosure: Influence of CEO and Firm Characteristics in Latin American Companies

Demonstrating the Impact of Cognitive CEO on Firms’ Performance and CSR Activity

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