Development of Humility Scale and the Relationship among Leader Humility, Authority and Personal Background

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10.2991/ermm-19.2019.35How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Leadership, Humility, Authority, Scale Development

Abstract

There is still much controversy about the construct and measurement of humility. This study probes the concept and connotation of humility from different views of China and the West. The humility scale was developed by pre-testing and exploratory factor analysis. This study performed descriptive analysis and regression analysis to examine hypothesis. The results show that the first developed humility scale has good reliability and validity. Authority is positively correlated with some facets of humility, “knowing limits” and “showing courtesy”. The top-level leaders have higher “knowing limits” than the middle leaders or below. Leaders over 40 know their limitations better than leaders under 40. Similarly, female leaders are better than men, and unmarried leaders are better than others. Future research needs to further improve the generalization of humility scale. Conclusions and suggestions can be used as a reference for the study of humility in leadership.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Tengchu Chiu
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TI  - Development of Humility Scale and the Relationship among Leader Humility, Authority and Personal Background
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Education Reform and Modern Management (ERMM 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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