Humble leadership and creativity in SMEs: A pathway to achieve SDG 8 and SDG 9 in the industry 4.0 era

He, Fang and Naveed, Rana Tahir and Adnan, Muhammad and Çakir, Volkan and Naseem, Warda and Muneer, Saqib (2025) Humble leadership and creativity in SMEs: A pathway to achieve SDG 8 and SDG 9 in the industry 4.0 era. Acta Psychologica, 255. p. 104972. ISSN 0001-6918

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Abstract

The research explores how SME employee creativity develops under humble leadership (HL) in the context of Industry 4.0. This research applies the Job Demands-Resources theory to study direct HL effects on creativity and examine indirect relationships through employee vitality and peer support as well as the moderating impact of polychronicity. The research data shows that HL creates creativity directly and indirectly through employee vitality and peer support among 418 UK-based SME employees and supervisors, as analyzed through structural equation modeling. Moreover, the study demonstrates these effects increase when employees show polychronicity. The effects become stronger for people who possess effective multitasking abilities.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104972
Dates:	Date Event 31 March 2025 Accepted 6 April 2025 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	HL, Employee creativity, Sustainable business models, Industry 4.0, SMEs innovation
Subjects:	CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-02 - business studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Engineering
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2025 15:30
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2025 15:30
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16328

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