Doing good for organization but feeling bad: when and how narcissistic employees get prone to shame and guilt

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Table 3 Mediated regression analysis results

Relationships	effect	SE	T	p
Predictors of UPOB (IV mediator)
GN and UPOB	0.389	0.022	− 3.002	0.003
VN and UPOB	0.725	0.051	3.155	0.002
Predictors of guilt/shame (mediator DV)
UPOB and Guilt	0.175	.709	1.200	0.030
UPOB and Shame	0.515	.972	2.768	0.006
Mediation effect of UPOB
Direct effect without a mediator
GN and Guilt	− 0.521	0.055	− 7.922	0.030
GN and Shame	− 0.200	0.034	− 5.178	0.000
VN and Guilt	0.302	0.067	4.911	0.000
VN and Shame	0.869	0.091	11.056	0.000
Direct effect with a mediator
GN and Guilt	− 0.457	0.069	− 5.491	0.006
GN and Shame	− 0.020	0.048	− 0.069	0.956
VN and Guilt	0.165	0.129	1.398	0.319
VN and Shame	0.496	0.108	5.360	0.069

Bootstrap results for indirect effects
	Effect	SE	LL95% CI	UL 95% CI
Indirect Effects (GN, UPOB, Guilt)	− 0.057	0.072	− 0.199	0.026
Indirect Effects (GN, UPOB, Shame)	− 0.179	0.132	− 0.415	− 0.076
Indirect Effects (VN, UPOB, Guilt)	0.138	0.160	0.070	0.430
Indirect Effects (VN, UPOB, Shame)	0.436	0.279	0.214	0.943

n= 272, GN= Grandiose Narcissism, VN= Vulnerable Narcissism, OC = Organizational Change, UPOB= unethical pro-organizational behavior. Bootstrap Sample Size=5000. LL=Lower Limit, CI= Confidence Interval, UL= Upper Limit.