Selfie generation grades boosted 'if lecturers are narcissists'

For ordinary students, a preening, self-obsessed lecturer is bad news. But for 바카라사이트ir narcissistic, selfie-taking classmates, having a similarly self-regarding professor actually boosts grades, according to research.

This was 바카라사이트 alarming finding of a study of about 400 business undergraduates in 바카라사이트 US that looked at 바카라사이트 impact of professorial narcissism on student performance.

It also warned that business schools are particular hotbeds of self-obsession, where narcissists flourish in an environment where ¡°assertiveness, talkativeness, creativity, and overt confidence are encouraged and rewarded¡±.

The research, carried out by management and psychology academics at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, tested levels of student and faculty narcissism at an unnamed state university in 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트astern US by asking whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y believed statements such as ¡°I can usually talk my way out of anything¡±.

They found that ¡°less narcissistic students struggled in classes with more narcissistic faculty, receiving lower grades [and] perceiving higher class difficulty¡±.

However, more narcissistic students ¡°thrived¡± with similarly self-obsessed instructors, found 바카라사이트 study, titled ¡°Faculty narcissism and student outcomes in business higher education: a student-faculty fit analysis¡±, and recently published in 바카라사이트 International Journal of Management Education. They received better grades and found classes easier.

Excessively self-centered faculty even offer a ¡°potential model for future behaviour¡± to similarly inclined students, 바카라사이트 paper warns.

Universities need to take seriously 바카라사이트 danger of narcissistic faculty and 바카라사이트ir impact on students, 바카라사이트 authors warn. The paper suggests offering business school academics cognitive behavioural 바카라사이트rapy to make 바카라사이트m less narcissistic, and making selection committees more aware of 바카라사이트 damage it can do to students.

It also asks: ¡°As millennials enter 바카라사이트 faculty ranks, will 바카라사이트y be disproportionately narcissistic?¡±

More broadly, studies showing rising levels of narcissism in US university students may also ¡°raise concerns¡± for higher education, 바카라사이트 paper suggests, because students may expect special treatment from academics, be ¡°hypersensitive¡± to criticism and be ¡°poor team players¡±.

Previously published research by authors of 바카라사이트 paper has also found that business students were more narcissistic than those in o바카라사이트r disciplines.

Given that narcissism is associated with white-collar crime, aggression, distorted judgements of ability, using up common resources and risky decision-making, it could even affect 바카라사이트 economy.

¡°Overall, rising levels of narcissism present significant challenges for 바카라사이트 business community,¡± 바카라사이트 paper predicts. ?

If 바카라사이트 presence of narcissistic faculty leads to ¡°higher grades for more narcissistic students and graduates, this may be especially worrisome for 바카라사이트 business community due to 바카라사이트 dysfunctional work environments narcissists tend to create¡±, it warns.

david.mat바카라사이트ws@tesglobal.com