CEO Narcissism and Firm Innovation Capabilities in Colombia

Tobías Alfonso Parodi Camaño's dataset explores the relationship between CEO narcissism and firm innovation in Colombia. It contains data from 85 companies across various economic sectors and organizational sizes. The data was last updated on 2026-05-11.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between narcissistic personality traits in CEOs and firm innovation based on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) adaptation.
• Compare innovation capabilities across the five key dimensions of product/service, internal processes, marketing, knowledge management, and R&D investment.
• Investigate potential strengths and risks of CEO narcissism on organizational outcomes in competitive environments.

Strengths

• Data is based on a sample of 85 companies, providing a concrete scale.
• Innovation is assessed across five specific, named dimensions.
• CEO narcissism is measured using an adapted Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) with exploratory factor analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection from Colombian firms only.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Tobías Alfonso Parodi Camaño.

Collection Method

Data gathered via two structured instruments applied to a sample of companies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 17:36:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia.