Corporate culture actively rewards narcissistic personality traits

Evidence

Although this deviancy is often seen as a virtue, testimonial to the argument I am making here. It should come as no surprise then that in the business world narcissists are seen as good business people who are especially equipped to “bring added value to their organizations.” — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 880

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to broader work on how capitalism selects for pathological personality types; echoes the reader’s interest in institutional incentive structures seen in the law merchant and diamond trade chapters. — connects to: Social media rewards narcissistic traits rather than causing narcissism — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 1014
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: do narcissists actually outperform, or is the perceived ‘added value’ a selection bias in how corporate success is attributed?