Humble bosses improve the management of the companies

A new study of the WP Carey School of Business, of the Arizona State University shows that the humble CEOs benefit significantly both to the companies for which they work and to its management, probably more proud chiefs acting with sexist stereotypes and that are arrogant leaders that no matter the opinion of anyone more. The study, published in Administrative Science Quarterly has also explained with the participation of researchers from the National University of Singapore, of George Washington University and Renmin University of China.

The CEOs who are humble are more open to joint decision-making and to empower others, explained Angelo Kinicki, Professor at the WP Carey School of Business and one of the authors of the study. "Their behavior positively affects both the senior and as to the Middle, presenting a greater commitment to the company and work, more work and better satisfaction performance of its functions. We see an effect of bit by bit which seems to influence the company in general", it has been described.

Researchers interviewed the CEOs of 63 private companies in China, and also created and distributed surveys that was measured humility and its effects on nearly 1,000 managers of top grade and level means that work with these general managers interviewed. The authors of the study specifically chose China because they needed a context in which CEOs will show a wide variety of levels of humility. However, believe that the findings generalize to many companies in the United States and other parts of the world.

"Our study suggests the 'secret formula' to create managers who are great and humble", explained Kinicki: "they have to be willing to search for information about themselves, have to be more empathetic and look for strengths and weaknesses of others and should be more focused on the common good and the welfare of others above their own".

For Kinicki, leader behavior normally falls cascading down the structure of the Organization, so if the leadership of the organization is characterized by humility, the effects will be noticed in almost all workers of the company.