Expressed Humility Scale.
EHS
Leader-expressed humility as an interpersonally enacted behaviour: willingness to view oneself accurately, appreciation of others' strengths and contributions, and teachability.
- Length and format
- 9 items. 5-pt agreement (follower or peer rating of a focal leader) (informant/observer report)
- Language versions
- Widely translated in leadership research - ZH (very heavily used in Chinese samples), ES, PT, DE, NL, TR, KO, FA and others.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Owens, B. P., Johnson, M. D., & Mitchell, T. R. (2013). Expressed humility in organizations: Implications for performance, teams, and leadership. Organization Science, 24(5), 1517-1538.
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