Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends

Foster, Joshua D.; Misra, Tiffany A.; Reidy, Dennis E.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.05.005

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“…Elevated levels of narcissism, however, lead to dysfunctional or destructive interpersonal relations and outcomes (Lubit 2002;Maccoby 2003;Kets de Vries 2004). For example, the constant need for admiration rooted in narcissism may drive the narcissist to take excessive risks (Wallace and Baumeister 2002;Vazire and Funder 2006;Foster et al 2009;Williams et al 2010). Similarly, narcissism can lead to unethical behaviors when the narcissist believes that (s)he is deserving of greater rewards than can be obtained ethically (Brown et al 2009;Brunell et al 2011), or when the narcissist's ego is threatened by real or perceived competition (Campbell et al 2004a;Davis et al 2008).…”

Section: Dysfunctional Aspects Of Narcissismmentioning

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Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Johnson

Kuhn

Apostolou

et al. 2012

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice &Amp; Theory

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SUMMARYAuditing standards prescribe that the auditor should consider client management's attitude toward fraud when making fraud risk assessments. However, little guidance is provided in the auditing standards or the existing fraud literature on observable indicators of fraud attitude.We test whether observable indicators of narcissism, a personality trait linked to unethical and fraudulent behavior, is viewed by auditors as an indicator of increased fraud attitude risk. We administered an experiment to 101 practicing auditors from one international public accounting firm who assessed fraud risk based on a scenario in which client manager narcissism (attitude) and fraud motivation were each manipulated at two levels (low and high). Our results show that narcissistic client behavior and fraud motivation are significantly and positively related to auditors' overall fraud risk assessments. Implications of these findings for further research and the auditing profession are discussed.

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Section: Dysfunctional Aspects Of Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Johnson

Kuhn

Apostolou

et al. 2012

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice &Amp; Theory

125

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“…Further, narcissistic individuals tend to seek out the company of others to create a status of popularity for themselves (Back et al, 2010) -a status that may further feed their self-perception of superiority. Traits such as SPI's humorousness and low thriftiness may prove helpful in securing this desired popularity (Foster et al, 2009;Veselka et al, 2010).…”

Section: Relations Between the Dark Triad And Spi And Their Potentialmentioning

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Beyond the Big Five: The Dark Triad and the Supernumerary Personality Inventory

Veselka

Schermer

Vernon³

2011

Twin Res Hum Genet

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The Dark Triad of personality, comprising Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, was investigated in relation to the Supernumerary Personality Inventory (SPI) traits, because both sets of variables are predominantly distinct from the Big Five model of personality. Correlational and principal factor analyses were conducted to assess the relations between the Dark Triad and SPI traits. Multivariate behavioral genetic model-fitting analyses were also conducted to determine the correlated genetic and/or environmental underpinnings of the observed phenotypic correlations. Participants were 358 monozygotic and 98 same-sex dizygotic adult twin pairs from North America. As predicted, results revealed significant correlations between the Dark Triad and most SPI traits, and these correlations were primarily attributable to common genetic and non-shared environmental factors, except in the case of Machiavellianism, where shared environmental effects emerged. Three correlated factors were extracted during joint factor analysis of the Dark Triad and SPI traits, as well as a heritable general factor of personality — results that clarified the structure of the Dark Triad construct. It is concluded that the Dark Triad represents an exploitative and antisocial construct that extends beyond the Big Five model and shares a theoretical space with the SPI traits.

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“…Such reasoning accounts for narcissists' proneness to risk taking (e.g., Foster, Misra, & Reidy, 2009;Lakey et al, 2008), which could lead to unwise mistakes that could derail progress toward self-enhancing achievement. Yet the most significant impediment to narcissists' goal achievement may not be their willingness to take risks but rather their response to failed risks.…”

Section: Do Narcissists Undermine Their Self-enhancement Goals?mentioning

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Narcissistic Self‐Enhancement

Wallace

2011

The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends

Cited by 96 publications

References 45 publications

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Auditor Perceptions of Client Narcissism as a Fraud Attitude Risk Factor

Beyond the Big Five: The Dark Triad and the Supernumerary Personality Inventory

Narcissistic Self‐Enhancement

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