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Pursuing greater good by reducing power: CEO humility, TMT decentralization, and ethical culture.

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Abstract

Humility is increasingly recognized as a highly important attribute for strategic leaders to build successful organizations. However, research on CEO humility has focused on how humble CEOs shape collective perceptions through their interactions and behaviors with other organizational members while ignoring CEOs' critical role in strategic decision-making processes. We address this unexplored aspect of CEO humility by developing a process theory that explains how humble CEOs influence power decentralization at the TMT and subsequently promote organizational ethical culture. Using a sample of CEOs and TMT members from 120 SMEs, we find strong support for our hypotheses.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Volume2020
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2020: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AoM 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 07 Aug 202011 Aug 2020

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  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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