TY - JOUR
T1 - Leader humility, team job crafting and team creativity
T2 - The moderating role of leader–leader exchange
AU - Chen, Chao
AU - Feng, Jie
AU - Liu, Xinmei
AU - Yao, Jin
N1 - Funding Information:
National Natural Science Foundation Project of China, Grant/Award Number: 71572140 Funding information
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project of China (71572140).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Despite an increasing number of studies on leader humility, the relationship between leader humility and team creativity needs further exploration. Using the connectionist network model, we propose that leader–leader exchange (LLX), the upward exchange relationship of a team's direct supervisor, moderates the effect of leader humility on team job crafting, and this in turn affects team creativity. We test our hypotheses using a sample of 286 employees in 59 teams with a multiple-source, time-lagged research design. Our conclusions are as follows: (a) for team leaders with high LLX, leader humility is positively related to team job crafting, whereas for team leaders with low LLX, the relationship between leader humility and team job crafting is negative; (b) team job crafting is positively related to team creativity and (c) team job crafting mediates the effect of the interaction between leader humility and LLX on team creativity.
AB - Despite an increasing number of studies on leader humility, the relationship between leader humility and team creativity needs further exploration. Using the connectionist network model, we propose that leader–leader exchange (LLX), the upward exchange relationship of a team's direct supervisor, moderates the effect of leader humility on team job crafting, and this in turn affects team creativity. We test our hypotheses using a sample of 286 employees in 59 teams with a multiple-source, time-lagged research design. Our conclusions are as follows: (a) for team leaders with high LLX, leader humility is positively related to team job crafting, whereas for team leaders with low LLX, the relationship between leader humility and team job crafting is negative; (b) team job crafting is positively related to team creativity and (c) team job crafting mediates the effect of the interaction between leader humility and LLX on team creativity.
KW - leader humility
KW - leader–leader exchange (LLX)
KW - team creativity
KW - team job crafting
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U2 - 10.1111/1748-8583.12306
DO - 10.1111/1748-8583.12306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087691644
SN - 0954-5395
VL - 31
SP - 326
EP - 340
JO - Human Resource Management Journal
JF - Human Resource Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -