The perceived impact of leaders’ humility on team effectiveness: an empirical study

We assess the perceived impact of leaders’ humility (both self and other-reported) on team effectiveness, and how this relationship is mediated by balanced processing of information. Ninety-six leaders (plus 307 subordinates, 96 supervisors, and 656 peers of those leaders) participate in the study....

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Main Author: Rego, J. (author)
Other Authors: Cunha, M. P. (author), Simpson, A. V. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18009
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/18009
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Summary:We assess the perceived impact of leaders’ humility (both self and other-reported) on team effectiveness, and how this relationship is mediated by balanced processing of information. Ninety-six leaders (plus 307 subordinates, 96 supervisors, and 656 peers of those leaders) participate in the study. The findings suggest that humility in leaders (as reported by others/peers) is indirectly (i.e., through balanced processing) related to leaders’ perceived impact on team effectiveness. The study also corroborates literature pointing out the benefits of using other-reports (rather than self-reports) to measure humility, and suggests adding humility to the authentic leadership research agenda.