Stroke My Ego, I Will Scratch Your Back: Employee Narcissism and Supervisor Supplication on LMX and OCB
摘要
We extend reasearch on employee narcissism by moving beyond its direct outcomes. Drawing from social exchange theory, we examine how supervisor supplication behavior influences the employee narcissism–LMX relationship. Our findings indicate that narcissists are less affected by the negative impact of supervisor supplication on LMX. Consequently, supervisor supplication weakens the negative indirect effect of employee narcissism on organizational citizenship behaviors via LMX. We test our hypotheses through an experimental study with 163 undergraduate students and a field study of 376 employee–supervisor dyads across a variety of industries. Our findings support the theoretical model, showing that individuals with high narcissism respond more favorably to supervisor supplication than those with low narcissism. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.