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Bringing humility to leadership: Antecedents and consequences of leader humility
Abstract
As noted by McGill and Slocum (1998), effective leadership tends to operate as a contingency theory. The romanticized notion of celebrity CEOs that has been lionized in the popular business press has its place in the leadership pantheon, but, like any other approach to leadership, has limitations in its application. In particular, as discussed by Collins (2001a), sustained organizational functioning is more likely to be the result of the celebrity’s antithesis, a person possessing a blend of humility and strong personal will. This article draws from a diversity of sources in order to explore this potential nexus between humility and leadership. It offers a precise conceptualization of the concept of humility, identifies traits that are predictors of humility as well as the specific leadership behaviors that are likely to be the outcomes of high levels of humility.
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“Second, they broached the concept of the celebrity CEO, which is one scenario potentially engendering narcissistic leaders.”
From Humility and Servant-Leadership: Toward a Solution of Pastoral Narcissism (2024) · cites this paper as Morris et al., 2005
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“First, they claimed that an absence of narcissism might indicate a possible presence of humility.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Morris, J. A., Brotheridge, C. M., & Urbanski, J. C.
- Affiliations
- Catawba College, USA,
- Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada,
- Western Carolina University, USA,
- Venue
- Human Relations
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1323-1350
- ISSN
- 0018-7267
- 1741-282X
- Cited by
- 407
- References
- 9
- Language
- en
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