Why is a modest gentleman cruel and ruthless? A study on the dark side effect of humble leadership – from the perspective of low-status compensation theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21620156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hao Chen (0000-0002-8873-8266, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities), Jianming Jiang (0000-0001-9166-2103, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities), Liang Wang (0009-0009-7673-7272, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce), Zihan Zhang (0000-0003-0976-1845, Wuhan University), Jiaying Bao (0000-0001-9625-685X, Baise University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 508-525 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Conflict Management (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1044-4068 • E-ISSN: 1758-8545 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/ijcma-05-2023-0099 |
| OpenAlex | W4387741172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 50 |
Purpose The purpose of this study is to reveal the mechanism of humble leadership inducing abusive supervision from the low-status compensation perspective, examining the mediation role of leader perceived thread to status. Besides, the moderation effect of regulatory focus on the mediation path is discussed. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a three-wave longitudinal survey. The data was collected from 438 leaders and their employees in five Chinese enterprises. This study used Mplus 7.4 and adopted a bootstrapping technique for data analysis. Findings Humble leadership has a positive effect on leader perceived threat to status. Leader perceived threat to status plays a mediation role between humble leadership and leader abusive supervision. Leader regulatory focus is the “gate valve” that humble leadership fosters leader abusive supervision. That is, when the leader promotion focus is high, leader perceived threat to status bred by humble leadership is low, resulting in less abusive supervision. When the leader prevention focus is high, humble leadership brings relatively more abusive supervision through perceived threat to status. Originality/value This study explores why humble leadership breeds abusive supervision behaviors and reveals the mechanism behind the negative effect of humble leadership based on low-status compensation theory. This study not only promotes the continuous development of the field of humble leadership research through empirical research but also provides guidance for effectively suppressing the negative effects of humble leadership, promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses and suppressing inappropriate management behaviors in management practice
Abusive supervision · Great Rift · Leadership · Leadership style · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Moderation · Originality · Political science · Politics · Servant leadership · Transformational leadership · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Law · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |