Browsing by Subject "narcissism"

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    Auditor perceptions of client narcissism as a fraud attitude risk factor
    (2012) Johnson, Eric N.; Kuhn, John R.; Apostolou, Barbara; Hassell, John M.
    Auditing standards prescribe that the auditor should consider client management’s attitude toward fraud when making fraud risk assessments. However, little guidance is provided in the auditing standards or the existing fraud literature on observable indicators of fraud attitude. We test whether observable indicators of narcissism, a personality trait linked to unethical and fraudulent behavior, is viewed by auditors as an indicator of increased fraud attitude risk. We administered an experiment to 101 practicing auditors from one international public accounting firm who assessed fraud risk based on a scenario in which client manager narcissism (attitude) and fraud motivation were each manipulated at two levels (low and high). Our results show that narcissistic client behavior and fraud motivation are significantly and positively related to auditors’ overall fraud risk assessments. Implications of these findings for further research and the auditing profession are discussed.
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    Commentary: “Personality and intentional binding: an exploratory study using the narcissistic personality inventory”
    (2015) Dimaggio, Giancarlo; Lysaker, Paul H.; IU School of Medicine
    A commentary on Personality and intentional binding: an exploratory study using the narcissistic personality inventory by Hascalovitz AC and Obhi SS. Front. Hum. Neurosci. (2015) 9:13. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00013
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    The strategic helper: Narcissism and prosocial motives and behaviors
    (Springer, 2016-06) Konrath, Sara H.; Ho, Meng-Han; Zarins, Sasha; Department of Philanthropy, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    Across three studies, we examined the relationship between narcissism, prosocial behaviors, and the reasons why people engaged in them. Specifically, we examined how narcissistic people engaged in charitable donations, taking advantage of a naturally occurring mass charitable donation campaign, the ALS “ice bucket challenge” (Study 1). We also examined how narcissism was related to volunteering and other types of prosocial behaviors (Studies 2 and 3). Moreover, we compared and contrasted the prosocial responses of more empathic versus more narcissistic people (Studies 2 and 3). This paper can help scholars and practitioners to determine under which circumstances, and for which reasons, narcissistic people may exhibit prosocial behaviors.