The Triad Divided: A Curvilinear Mediation Model Linking Founder Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy to New Venture Performance

被引：11

作者：

Brownell, Katrina M. ^{[1
,4
]}

Quinn, Audra ^{[1
,2
]}

Bolinger, Mark T. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Southern Calif, Marshall Sch Business, Los Angeles, CA USA

[2] Univ Western Ontario, Ivey Business Sch, London, ON, Canada

[3] Appalachian State Univ, Walker Coll Business, Boone, NC USA

[4] Univ Southern Calif, Marshall Sch Business, 3670 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA

来源：

ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE | 2024年 / 48卷 / 01期

关键词：

dark triad; personality; self-regulation theory; new venture performance; entrepreneurship; DARK-TRIAD; ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; SELF-REGULATION; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; CORPORATE PSYCHOPATHY; PERSONALITY-TRAITS; SOCIAL-EXCHANGE; METHOD VARIANCE; GENERAL FACTOR; LIFE-SPAN;

D O I：

10.1177/10422587231173684

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Across two studies, we apply self-regulation theory to test nonlinear relationships between founder Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy and new venture performance. Our hypotheses are supported for Machiavellianism and psychopathy, but contrary to our theorizing, we find a positive relationship between narcissism and performance. Furthermore, we identify an important explanatory mechanism in knowledge sharing, which mediates the curvilinear relationships at moderate and high levels. Our research has implications for how we understand the influence of problematic founder personality traits and how behavioral differences at varying levels of these traits can explain relationships with performance, and it presents a nuanced perspective to trait-based explanations for destructive entrepreneurial actions.

引用

页码：310 / 348

页数：39