TY - JOUR
T1 - How Does Leader Humility Influence Team Creativity? The Roles of Team Behavioral Integration and Leader Performance
AU - Zhu, Taiqiu
AU - Chen, Yixuan
AU - Asante, Eric Adom
AU - Zhu, Yue
AU - Xu, Tingting
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Zhu, Chen, Asante, Zhu and Xu.
PY - 2022/5/6
Y1 - 2022/5/6
N2 - This study developed and tested a research model to examine the influence of leader humility on team creativity. Drawing on social learning theory, we tested team behavioral integration as a mediator in the relationship between leader humility and team creativity. Moreover, we tested the moderating effect of leader performance on this mediated relationship. We tested our hypotheses using a multiple-source research design. Data were collected from 275 employees in 67 work teams from a variety of industrial companies in Southeast China. The results confirmed that team behavioral integration mediated the relationship between leader humility and team creativity. Furthermore, the indirect effect of leader humility on team creativity via team behavioral integration was stronger when leader performance was higher (vs. lower). We discuss the implications of our findings for the theory and practice of leader humility.
AB - This study developed and tested a research model to examine the influence of leader humility on team creativity. Drawing on social learning theory, we tested team behavioral integration as a mediator in the relationship between leader humility and team creativity. Moreover, we tested the moderating effect of leader performance on this mediated relationship. We tested our hypotheses using a multiple-source research design. Data were collected from 275 employees in 67 work teams from a variety of industrial companies in Southeast China. The results confirmed that team behavioral integration mediated the relationship between leader humility and team creativity. Furthermore, the indirect effect of leader humility on team creativity via team behavioral integration was stronger when leader performance was higher (vs. lower). We discuss the implications of our findings for the theory and practice of leader humility.
KW - leader humility
KW - leader performance
KW - social learning theory
KW - team behavioral integration
KW - team creativity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130715848&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.818865
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.818865
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130715848
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 818865
ER -