Horizon of Medical Education Development

The Relationship between Narcissism and Decision-Making Style of Middle-Class Managers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

https://doi.org/10.22038/hmed.2020.52416.1090
Volume 13, Issue 4
Autumn 2022
Pages 28-18
Horizon of Medical Education Development

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maryam Maleki 1
Mohammadtaghi Shakeri 2
Alireza Ebrahimi 3
Zahra Karimi 2
Saleh Hassanzadeh 4

1 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 3. Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.

4 Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract
Introduction: Narcissism is a personality disorder that affects people based on their status. Managers also have authoritarian, participatory, and consulting management styles, which Victor Vroom expressed. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between different levels of narcissism and their decision-making style among Mashhad University of Medical Sciences middle-class managers.
Materials & Methods: This analytical-descriptive cross-sectional study in 2017 on the statistical population includes all middle managers worked in different departments (deputies, universities, hospitals). The number of qualified managers is 70. Two questionnaires, 16-NPI and decision-making style (Victor Vroom), was used to determine the level of narcissism and decision-making style. The validity of the questionnaires is confirmed and their reliability used the results of Cronbach's alpha test is acceptable. The questionnaires was provided to managers through the web and was described and analyzed in SPSS.16 software.
Results: There was a strong relationship between levels of narcissism and an authoritarian decision-making style. A simultaneous linear regression model was fitted between the levels of narcissism and authoritarian decision-making style. The results showed a significant solid relationship (95.7) between authoritarian management style and excellence, arrogance, self-efficacy, and righteousness, with coefficients of 0.33, 0.21, 0.202, and 0.19, respectively.
Conclusion: This study showed that narcissism was most related to authoritarian management style . It can be concluded that the adoption of authoritarian management style by managers may not be based on environmental conditions and may be related to personality disorders such as narcissism.

Keywords

Managers
Narcissism
Personality
Management
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