Individual, Organizational and Managerial Antecedents and Consequences of Managers Narcissism:Using Document Analysis and Shannon Entropy

The purpose of this article is to identify the antecedents and consequences of managers’ narcissism. The present study is a descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional one. The statistical population of this study consists of 96 documents and research related to narcissism. The data gathering tool is a review of existing documents and expert interviews. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated as 0.89 using Kappa Cohen's Index and 0.75 by Waltz and Basel method. Significance coefficients of antecedents and consequences by Shannon entropy method show that among organizational antecedents of narcissism, reduction in social well-being and risk taking are respectively the most important coefficients. The most important organizational consequences of managers' narcissism are performance decline, the prevalence of flattery and crisis management. Among the individual consequences of narcissism, arrogance and arrogance and deviant behaviors in the workplace, social and emotional incompatibility and exploitation of others are the most important factors. Among the individual antecedents of narcissism, sensitivity to criticism is the most important factor. Among the managerial consequences of narcissism, increasing managers' expectations, authoritative decision making, emperorship of managers are the most important and least important factors related to ethical leadership, and the relocation and abandonment of managers. Among the managerial antecedents of narcissistic managers, charismatic leadership and leadership lead to some degree of narcissism.