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In many previous studies, the leader’s narcissism has been treated as a factor that has negative consequences for the organization due to its negative personality characteristics, but in recent studies, narcissism has been analyzed to have both negative and positive aspects. On the other hand, this study examined whether the leader's narcissism would have a negative or a positive effect on the subordinate’s job engagement, which has recently been noted as a result of the emergence of positive psychology. And job engagement can play an important role in improving the productivity of the organization. Because in an organization with a high level of job engagement to the task of its members, members are willing to make the necessary efforts to help the organization succeed, the organization can improve productivity and profitability, which makes it more likely to achieve their strategic goals. In addition, the mediation effect of team commitment was verified to determine what mechanisms the leader's narcissism affected the subordinate’s job engagement. And this study examined how the leader’s narcissism affects the subordinate’s team commitment according to the situation factor called conflict between the leader and the subordinate. So, it was conducted an empirical study on 158 pairs of leader and subordinate of military organizations. In the military, other factors(such as environment, age, differences in experience within the organization, etc.) except for personality(Narcissism) that may affect individual behavior are relatively well-controlled and can positively work to improve the internal validity of research. And for this reason, many studies have made military organizations a major study in relation to leadership. And the results showed that the leader’s narcissism had a significant positive effect on the subordinate’s job engagement, and their relationship was completely mediated by team commitment. Also, when the conflict between the leader and the subordinate is low, by confirming that the leader’s narcissism has a positive influence on the subordinate’s team commitment, this study supported past studies there can be both bright and dark sides in narcissism and the narcissism could be expressed in a positive or negative way depending on the contextual factors. In addition to this point, this study also provides the following implications. First, we could see that even narcissism of the same leader could have a different effect on the team commitment of the subordinate by verifying the mediation effect of team commitment in mechanisms from the narcissism of the leader to the attitude and behavior of the subordinate. Second, by identifying the moderation effect of conflict in the relationship between leader narcissism and subordinate's job engagement, we will be able to expand the existing study of moderating factors on narcissism's influence. Third, each corporate will need institutional efforts to recognize the existence of narcissist leaders and enable them to function positively in the organization. For example, it may be more appropriate to find ways that can contribute to the organization by using a variety of methods, such as 360 degree feedback and assessment centers, rather than ostracizing leaders with strong narcissistic tendencies. Finally, considering his performance and relationships with members when evaluating narcissist leaders at the organizational level, appropriate assessments and rewards could motivate the narcissist leader to have a positive relationship rather than a conflict with the subordinate, and consequently the narcissist's leadership could have a positive effect on the subordinate.