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Beyond the dark side of executive psychology: Current research and new directions

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  • Bollaert, Helen
  • Petit, Valérie

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Summary In corporate finance and strategic management, the idea of executive hubris has come to dominate perceptions of the psychology of top managers. We analyze existing research and identify issues in definitions and measurement and describe how researchers have fallen prey to hubris fascination. This leads us to put forward two options for future research: within the hubris tradition (improving measures and examining positive aspects and antecedents) and outside it (basing analyses on the self rather than the ego and using a more dynamic and holistic approach).

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  • Bollaert, Helen & Petit, Valérie, 2010. "Beyond the dark side of executive psychology: Current research and new directions," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 28(5), pages 362-376, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:28:y:2010:i:5:p:362-376
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    1. Niamh M. Brennan & John P. Conroy, 2013. "Executive hubris: the case of a bank CEO," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 26(2), pages 172-195, February.
    2. Kroeger, Frens, 2015. "The development, escalation and collapse of system trust: From the financial crisis to society at large," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 33(6), pages 431-437.
    3. William J. Wales & Pankaj C. Patel & G. T. Lumpkin, 2013. "In Pursuit of Greatness: CEO Narcissism, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Firm Performance Variance," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(6), pages 1041-1069, September.
    4. Janina Sundermeier & Martin Gersch & Jörg Freiling, 2020. "Hubristic Start‐up Founders – The Neglected Bright and Inevitable Dark Manifestations of Hubristic Leadership in New Venture Creation Processes," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(5), pages 1037-1067, July.
    5. Brown, Byron A., 2018. "Hubris syndrome in the relationship between School-Heads and Board-Chairs in private commercial secondary schools in Botswana: Implications for school leadership," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 157-164.
    6. Runesson, Emmeli & Samani, Niuosha, 2023. "Goodwill or “No-will”: Hubris in the tone at the top," Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 19(1).
    7. Christian Schumacher, 2021. "Organizational structure and CEO dominance," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 10(1), pages 19-34, March.
    8. Hill, Aaron D. & Kern, David A. & White, Margaret A., 2014. "Are we overconfident in executive overconfidence research? An examination of the convergent and content validity of extant unobtrusive measures," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(7), pages 1414-1420.
    9. Sutton, Anna & Allinson, Chris & Williams, Helen, 2013. "Personality type and work-related outcomes: An exploratory application of the Enneagram model," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 234-249.
    10. Jiayu Huang & Yifan Wang & Yaojun Fan & Hexuan Li, 2022. "Gauging the effect of investor overconfidence on trading volume from the perspective of the relationship between lagged stock returns and current trading volume," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 103-123, April.
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