Impact of humble leadership on project success: the mediating role of psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior

By Mudassar Ali, Li Zhang, Syed Jamal Shah, Salim Khan, Adnan Muhammad Shah. 2020

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This paper aims to examine the impact of humble leadership on project success. The mediating effects of psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior on the relationship between humble leadership and project success are tested.,Data were collected from 337 individuals employed in the civil construction sector of Pakistan.,The results showed that humble leadership is positively related to project success. Furthermore, psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior partially mediate the relationship between humble leadership and project success.,Drawing on conservation of resource theory, this study found that how humble leadership is important for project success and thus extends the utility of the concept of humble leadership to the project literature.

Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management

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