The Impact of Leader Moral Humility on Follower Moral Self-Efficacy and Behavior

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Owens, Bradley P.; Yam, Kai Chi; Bednar, Jeffrey S.; Mao, Jianghua; Hart, David W.
• 署名单位: Brigham Young University; National University of Singapore; Zhongnan University of Economics & Law
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/apl0000353
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 146-163
• 关键词: leader humility; behavioral ethics; IMPLICIT THEORIES; Moral behavior

摘要

This study utilizes social-cognitive theory, humble leadership theory, and the behavioral ethics literature to theoretically develop the concept of leader moral humility and its effects on followers. Specifically, we propose a theoretical model wherein leader moral humility and follower implicit theories about morality interact to predict follower moral efficacy, which in turn increases follower prosocial behavior and decreases follower unethical behavior. We furthermore suggest that these effects are strongest when followers hold an incremental implicit theory of morality (i.e., believing that one's morality is malleable). We test and find support for our theoretical model using two multiwave studies with Eastern (Study 1) and Western (Study 2) samples. Furthermore, we demonstrate that leader moral humility predicts follower moral efficacy and moral behaviors above and beyond the effects of ethical leadership and leader general humility.