CEO humility and firm resilience

• Main Author: SHEN, Yuehua
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: CEO humility; firm resilience; stakeholder relationship capability; competitive uncertainty; market complexity; work experience variety; Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Leadership Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/492; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1490/viewcontent/GPBA_AY2019_DBA_Shen_Yuehua.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In today’s fast-changing world, firm resilience becomes an important force for firms to survive and develop. This dissertation aims to investigate the relationship between CEO humility and firm resilience, and further tackle the underlying mechanism behind the relationship. Based on upper echelons theory, this dissertation proposes that CEO humility promotes firm resilience, and the positive influence is mediated by stakeholder relationship capability. Moreover, competitive uncertainty and CEO work experience variety positively moderate the connection between CEO humility and stakeholder relationship capability. Using survey data from 119 CEOs in China, this dissertation tests the theoretical hypotheses and offers several implications for firms to enhance their resilience, which contributes to extending the micro-foundation of firm resilience, enriching studies on CEO humility.