Exploring the Impact of Leader Narcissism on the Job Embeddedness of a New Generation of Employees in the Chinese Context

Abstract: Narcissism is the personality trait of being arrogant, lacking empathy and manipulative, and in conjunction with leadership, narcissistic leaders have a profound impact on the organizational environment and employee behaviour. As the new generation of employees develops into the core human resources of Chinese companies, the effect of narcissistic leadership on new-generation subordinates becomes a more worthwhile topic in organizational behaviour. This study constructs the influence of narcissistic leaders on job embeddedness based on the social exchange theory and conservation of resources theory. This study collected and analyzed data from 201 Chinese young generation employees through an online questionnaire. The findings suggest that narcissistic leaders had a significant negative correlation with employees' job embeddedness; job stress and employee silence mediate the relationship. This study may be unable to track the long-term effects of the factors and is limited to the Chinese context. However, the results of this study not only enrich the literature in the field but also provide practical references for organizations to lessen the impact of leaders dark personalities and employees negative behaviors.