My new post at the Leader Lab is entitled “Seven Things to Expect From Your Narcissistic Employee.” The motivation for this post came from the experience I shared in “Remarkably Unprofessional Behavior.” I wanted to see what the research had to say about narcissistic employees.
The findings I share in my Leader Lab article are very consistent with the behavior I observed in my student. This person did indeed disparage the subjective evaluator (me) in a way that was unprofessional and unusually aggressive (first time in my 12 year career that I’ve gotten such a flaming e-mail from a student).
I hope to see more research on narcissism in the workplace published in our top research journals. It’s unfortunately becoming an increasingly important personality trait to understand and manage in the workplace.
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