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.
Tasks
Book
Complete book information form (We have not received the author bio and photo which will accompany the book)
Provide alt text descriptions for all figures in their book
In chapter 14 “??” appears for a Figure citation – can you let us know what figures this refers to?
Start reworking Interactions article – email is in “articles and Speaking” folder.
Ping Shimei and Jimmy on Tolulope O. Abiola email
Library returns and ordering
Laundry! Done
Bills
Trip spreadsheet – Done!
Order replacements for the things that I seem to have lost – done
Ping Fidelity about SN’s annuity – done
TE – done
SBIRs
4:00 Meeting
Tech summit slides in the correct format. Found the format
Set up a daily 2 hour slot for development with Aaron
viztales 
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