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Narcissism seem to be caused by threatened egotism, which depicts aggression as a means of defending a highly favorable view of self against someone who seeks to undermine or discredit that view<ref> [http://blackcreekchurch.com/Files/Banner/Banner%2011-27-2011.pdf Baumeister, Roy F., Brad J. Bushman, and W. Keith Campbell. "Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Aggression Does Violence Result From Low Self-Esteem or From Threatened Egotism?." Current directions in psychological science 9.1 (2000): 26-29.]</ref>. Although the research on narcissism seems to be lacking, from my experience, narcissism seems to be caused by high level of euphoria which are caused by overdose of dopamine, and from low self-esteem, which need to be guarded. This may be the reason that most of the managers I met with were most sensitive to criticism.
To overcome the lack of real abilities, caused by over-confidence, managers will use [[organizational politics]]. They will try to look important, and very-busy. They Thy will connect to the higher rancks managmentblame other of lack of good work, and they will show that they have good connections to higher powers in the organization. They will use exclusive knowledge, as an advantage to manipulate the system to their needs, while preventing from non-colation mambers this knowledge. They will use this knowledge as a resource in exchange to other benefits. They will connect to the higher rancks managment, and they will show that they have good connections to higher powers in the organization<ref>[http://www2.stetson.edu/~bboozer/RWBStetsonSite/Political_Actors_Tactics.pdf Allen, Robert W., et al. "Organizational politics." California Management Review 22.1 (1979): 77-83.]</ref>.
I suspect that Managers in big organizations will be more of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_and_Type_B_personality_theory A type] (also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_%28ethology%29 alpha dominance] or '''doers'''). The Type A managers will be goal orinted and there fore will stress the system.They will consult less with their workers.