BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Subordinates in Western cultures generally prefer supervisors with a democratic rather than autocratic leadership style. It is unclear, however, whether more narcissistic subordinates share or challenge this prodemocratic default attitude. On the one hand, more narcissistic individuals strive for power and thus may favor a democratic supervisor, who grants them power through participation. On the other hand, similarity attracts and, thus, more narcissistic subordinates may favor an autocratic supervisor, who exhibits the same leadership style that they would adopt in a leadership position. METHOD Four studies (Ntotal = 1284) tested these competing hypotheses with two narcissism dimensions: admiration and rivalry. Participants indicated the leadership style they generally prefer in a supervisor (Study 1), rated their own supervisor's leadership style (Study 2a: individual ratings; Study 2b: team ratings), and evaluated profiles of democratic and autocratic supervisors (Study 3). RESULTS We found a significantly weaker prodemocratic default attitude among more narcissistic subordinates: Subordinates' narcissism was negatively related to endorsement of democratic supervisors and positively related to endorsement of autocratic supervisors. Those relations were mostly driven by narcissistic rivalry rather than narcissistic admiration. CONCLUSION The results help clarify the narcissistic personality and, in particular, how more narcissistic subordinates prefer to be led.

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自恋的下属更喜欢上司的哪种领导风格？


背景和目标 西方文化中的下属通常更喜欢具有民主而非独裁领导风格的主管。然而，尚不清楚更多自恋的下属是否认同或挑战这种支持民主的默认态度。一方面，更多自恋的人会争取权力，因此可能会青睐民主监督者，后者通过参与赋予他们权力。另一方面，相似性会吸引，因此，更自恋的下属可能会青睐专制的主管，因为他表现出与他们在领导职位上所采用的相同的领导风格。方法 四项研究（Ntotal = 1284）用两个自恋维度测​​试了这些相互竞争的假设：钦佩和竞争。参与者表明了他们通常喜欢的主管的领导风格（研究 1），对自己主管的领导风格进行了评分（研究 2a：个人评分；研究 2b：团队评分），并评估了民主和专制主管的概况（研究 3）。结果我们发现，自恋程度较高的下属的亲民主默认态度明显较弱：下属的自恋与对民主监督者的认可呈负相关，与对独裁监督者的认可呈正相关。这些关系主要是由自恋的竞争而不是自恋的钦佩驱动的。结论 这些结果有助于阐明自恋型人格，特别是更自恋的下属更喜欢如何被领导。