Can Humble Leaders Get Results? The Indirect and Contextual Influences of Skip-Level Leaders

Autor:	Biying Wang, John M. Schaubroeck, Riguang Gao, Ann C. Peng
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Trickle down Sociology and Political Science business.industry Strategy and Management Management Science and Operations Research Business and International Management Public relations business Psychology Social learning theory
Zdroj:	Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. 27:329-339
ISSN:	1939-7089 1548-0518
DOI:	10.1177/1548051820952402
Popis:	We draw from social learning theory to propose a model in which humble behaviors displayed by higher-level leaders trickle down to lower-level team leaders and thereby indirectly promote team performance. We also propose that skip-level leader humility enhances the positive effect of team leader humility on team performance. Results based on time-lagged, multisource data from a sample of 128 work teams supported our model. Also, the trickle-down effect of leader humility is stronger in organizations with relatively high authority centralization. Our study thus links humble leadership of both direct and distant leaders to team performance and highlights the role of higher-level leaders in fostering humble behaviors of lower-level leaders.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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