TY - JOUR
T1 - CEO Narcissism and Internationalization by Indian Firms
AU - Agnihotri, Arpita
AU - Bhattacharya, Saurabh
N1 - Funding Information:
We are thankful to the Editor-in-Chief, M.-J. Oesterle and the anonymous Reviewers for their excellent suggestions and guidance that helped us to improve the paper. This work was supported by internal research grants of Penn State Harrisburg.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - This study investigates the impact of CEO narcissism on the internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs) caused by the CEO’s propensity for high risk and resource commitment. Despite the well-established significance of a CEO’s narcissism on a firm’s risky strategic decisions, this personality aspect has not received any attention in the literature on EMFs. This is an especially important topic because internationalization is riskier for EMFs than for developed market multinationals. This study further investigates the moderating impact of CEO power and celebrity status on the relationship between the CEO’s narcissism and the firm’s internationalization. The study specifically examines a sample of 218 Indian firms for the period 2010 through 2015, and the results support the hypotheses.
AB - This study investigates the impact of CEO narcissism on the internationalization of emerging market firms (EMFs) caused by the CEO’s propensity for high risk and resource commitment. Despite the well-established significance of a CEO’s narcissism on a firm’s risky strategic decisions, this personality aspect has not received any attention in the literature on EMFs. This is an especially important topic because internationalization is riskier for EMFs than for developed market multinationals. This study further investigates the moderating impact of CEO power and celebrity status on the relationship between the CEO’s narcissism and the firm’s internationalization. The study specifically examines a sample of 218 Indian firms for the period 2010 through 2015, and the results support the hypotheses.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11575-019-00404-8
DO - 10.1007/s11575-019-00404-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074835444
VL - 59
SP - 889
EP - 918
JO - Management International Review
JF - Management International Review
SN - 0938-8249
IS - 6
ER -