Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of narcissistic supply for the association between CEO narcissism and corporate risk taking. Design/methodology/approach: The authors investigate a sample of 281 non-financial S&P 1500 firms and a corresponding 457 CEOs in the 10-yr...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of CEO narcissism in corporate acquisitions with a focus on frequency and size and furthermore to examine the subsequent stock market reaction. Design/methodology/approach: The authors investigate 751 acquisitions made by 158 UK...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between CEO narcissism and corporate risk taking. Design/methodology/approach: The authors provide a novel and unobtrusive measure of CEO narcissism based on LinkedIn profiling. The authors investigate the relationship between...