Journal
LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 585-604Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.01.003
Keywords
Firm innovation; Humility; Narcissism; Paradox; Socialized charisma
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71032001, 71502186]
- Singapore Ministry of Education [WBS R-317-000-114-112]
- Central University of Finance and Economics
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We examine how two seemingly contradictory yet potentially complementary CEO traits-humility and narcissism-interact to affect firm innovation. We adopt a paradox perspective and propose that individuals can have paradoxical traits and that, in particular, humility and narcissism can coexist harmoniously, especially among the Chinese, whose philosophical tradition embraces paradoxical thinking and behaving. CEOs that are both humble and narcissistic are hypothesized to be more likely to have socialized charisma, to cultivate an innovative culture, and to deliver innovative performance. Two studies using multisource data involving 63 CEOs, 328 top managers, and 645 middle managers in Study 1 and 143 CEOs and 190 top managers in Study 2 support the hypotheses and point to new directions for studying CEO traits and their effects on firm outcomes. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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