The Value of Vulnerability: A Social Learning Perspective on Leader Humility

Drawing on social learning theory we test trust in the leader as a mediator of leader humility on extra-role performance outcomes. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test the cross-level effects of leader humility on individual- level follower performance using a sample of 177 workers nested within 17 supervisor-led teams at a manufacturing firm. Results indicate trust as one mediator of leader humility on follower performance....