https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597826000300
"Leaders have displayed diverging reactions to remote work, with some
supporting it and others resisting it. Surprisingly little research has
examined the personality roots of leader opposition to virtual work.
Integrating the extended agency model of narcissism with media richness theory,
we hypothesize that narcissistic leaders resist remote work because it
threatens their motivations for power and status. In Study 1, an archival
analysis of 259 Fortune 500 CEOs, unobtrusive measures of narcissism via photo
size, signature size, and relative compensation predicted greater resistance to
remote work in public statements early in the COVID-19 pandemic. This
relationship was partially explained by exploratory proxies for narcissistic
leaders’ power and status motivations, contingent on their industry not
depending on frontline workers. Study 2, a preregistered three-wave survey with
359 leaders, constructively replicated and extended these results. Leader
narcissism predicted resistance to remote work, mediated by power and status
motivations—even after controlling for trust, the Big Five, and the remaining
Dark Triad traits. In Study 3, a preregistered experiment with 546 leaders,
manipulating state narcissism evoked resistance to remote work via power but
not status motivation. Our findings extend knowledge about remote work and
narcissistic leadership."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Cybersecurity: July 7, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/cybersecurity-7-163134306
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
