Author(s)

Shuang Xu

The College of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

In recent years, top-down leadership style such as humility has received widespread attention in academic and practical areas. Although theoretical and empirical studies have shown that the humble leadership has a positive impact, it lacks systematic review of its mechanism and the research about boundary conditions of its positive impact. The article begins with a brief overview of the research status of humble leaders, and then combs the study of the boundary conditions of the humble leadership when it comes to individual and group levels. Finally, the future research is proposed.

Leader Humility, Leadership Effectiveness, Boundary Conditions

Xu, S. (2019) A Review of the Effectiveness and Boundary Conditions of Leader Humility. Journal of Service Science and Management, 12, 234-245. doi: 10.4236/jssm.2019.122016.