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Narcissistic Rage in Leaders: the Intersection of Individual Dynamics and Group Process

Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D.

Study of Neuroses, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, and Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, Box 37-B, University of California, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, U.S.A.

Ransom J. Arthur, M.D

Brentwood Hospital, V.A. Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, 91B, 11301 Wilshire Blvd. , Los Angeles, CA 90073, U.S.A.

Power corrupts in terms of both grandiose inflations and threatened narcissistic injuries. This paper deals with the rage states that may ensue in leaders. After explain ing the individual psychodynamics of self-righteous rages in executives, this paper describes inferences about the group processes set in motion by such leaders and the reactions of subordinates. Independent thinkers in subordinate groups are both especially vulnerable to harm and especially important to preventing disasters within the group. The variable action of such persons leads to a sequence of possible phases. In bad scenarios the last phase is one containing institutional ruin, bloodbaths, or mutinies. Understanding the inference of individual and group dynamics on a theme of narcissistic injury may help prevent such disasters.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 2, 135-141 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400208
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