Appointing narcissistic Vice-Chancellors leads to lower research and teaching quality as well as lower league table rankings, finds new research by Vlerick Business School. Thanos Verousis, Professor of Sustainable Finance at Vlerick Business School, alongside colleagues, explored the relationship between Vice-Chancellor narcissism and university performance in the United Kingdom. While prior studies have predominantly looked at the impact of narcissistic leaders on for-profit organisations, this study directs its focus towards the higher education sector, where the impact of such leadership traits has been relatively underexplored. The researchers found that the appointment of a highly narcissistic Vice-Chancellor causes a steep decline…