Did Charisma “Trump” Narcissism in 2016? Leader Narcissism, Attributed Charisma, Value Congruence and Voter Choice

Author(s)

Ethlyn Anne Williams, Florida Atlantic UniversityFollow
Rajnandini K. Pillai, California State University, San MarcosFollow
Bryan J. Deptula, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Kevin B. Lowe, The University of Sydney, Business SchoolFollow
Kate Marie McCombs, Florida Atlantic UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Personality and Individual Differences

Publication Date

8-1-2018

Abstract/Excerpt

Grandiose narcissism has been associated with negative outcomes and research suggests its potential to predict positive and negative leadership behaviors. We examined perceived leader narcissism, attributed charisma, and voter choice in the context of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Narcissism was found to be negatively related to attributions of charisma and voter choice, and had an indirect effect on voter choice through attributed charisma. Value congruence moderated the relationship between attributed charisma and voter choice. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of the mixed results in earlier research regarding the relationship between perceived leader narcissism and attributed charisma, and highlights attributed charisma as an intervening factor in understanding leader selection.

DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.010

Volume

130

First Page

11

Last Page

17

NSUWorks Citation

Williams, Ethlyn Anne; Pillai, Rajnandini K.; Deptula, Bryan J.; Lowe, Kevin B.; and McCombs, Kate Marie, "Did Charisma “Trump” Narcissism in 2016? Leader Narcissism, Attributed Charisma, Value Congruence and Voter Choice" (2018). HCBE Faculty Articles. 1141.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/1141