Wang Lin, Guo Qun
School of Economics & Management, Foshan University, Foshan, China.
Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Mar 15;13:858779. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858779. eCollection 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to social and economic problems and pose a threat to most of enterprise. Faced with crisis and challenge, effective leaders and devoted employees are important factors for enterprises to overcome difficulties. We propose a moderated mediation model wherein narcissistic leader predicts subordinate's followership through leader self-interest behavior perceived by subordinates, with organizational identification of leader acting as the contextual condition. Two-wave data collected from 303 employees in the manufacturing and technology industry in China supported our hypothesized model. We found that narcissistic leader has negative impact on subordinates' followership due to their perception of leader's self-interest behavior. Further, organizational identification of leader plays a moderate role in the relationship between narcissistic leader and subordinates' followership. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. We also offer several promising directions for future research.
新冠疫情引发了社会和经济问题，对大多数企业构成了威胁。面对危机与挑战，高效的领导者和敬业的员工是企业克服困难的重要因素。我们提出了一个有调节的中介模型，其中自恋型领导者通过下属察觉到的领导者自利行为来预测下属的追随力，而领导者的组织认同作为情境条件。从中国制造业和科技行业的303名员工收集的两波数据支持了我们假设的模型。我们发现，自恋型领导者因其自利行为被下属察觉而对下属的追随力产生负面影响。此外，领导者的组织认同在自恋型领导者与下属追随力的关系中起调节作用。文中讨论了理论和实践意义。我们还为未来研究提供了几个有前景的方向。
