A Field Study on the Effect of Narcissism on Job Satisfaction and Individual Performance
Abstract
Recent studies on narcissism have revealed that narcissism is a subject that needs further investigation at the organizational level. Narcissistic personalit traits, which are seen as one of the important source of conflict in social relations, can be effective in organizational context. Past research findings about organizational effects of narcissistic personality traits include different results that positive and negative sides of narcissism come forward. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of narcissism oon job satisfaction and individual work performance. For this purpose, the study was designed to reveal relationships among narcissism, job satisfaction and individual performance. In this study, 311 employees who work in textile sector in Tokat province have been surveyed and frequency, t-tes, ANOVA, correlation and regression methods were used. According to the research findings, a positive relatilonship was found between narcissism and job satisfaction and individual performance. As the narcissistic personality level of employees increases, it is possible to say that job satisfaction and individual performance increase in employees. Another result of the study is that there are some differences in the level of narcissistic personality according to the demographic characteristics of the employees.
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