Is humility the true charisma?

Double degreeTo what extent is humble leadership behavior capable of influencing desirable leadership outcomes? Taking an interactional approach, this research hypothesized that there is an interaction between uncertainty avoidance and humble leadership behavior in their influence on leader-member exchange (LMX) and individual innovation. Cross-sectional data from 154 followers uncovers the negative interactive impact of uncertainty avoidance and humble leadership behavior on individual innovation. Additionally, this research confirms the strong positive relation between uncertainty avoidance and LMX. Overall, this two-level HLM-research is able to substantiate the importance of humble leadership in present business environment. Directions, limitations, practical and theoretical implications for humble leadership are discussed