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  "title": "Narcissistic leadership: appealing, then costly",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/leadership-narcissique-seduisant-puis-couteux-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-04-19",
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  "summary": "Conceptual review.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Executive Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The research",
      "point": "Seth Rosenthal and Todd Pittinsky (2006, The Leadership Quarterly) analyse narcissistic leaders: apparent charisma but need for admiration and low empathy.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit",
      "point": "Conceptual review."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "Score confidence and documented results separately in selection."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Pittinsky",
      "year": "2006",
      "source": "The Leadership Quarterly"
    }
  ],
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