Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(6), 2221-2228 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563062221

Humility and Modesty in Leadership - a Bibliometric Perspective

Pavel Žiaran1, Renata Kučerová1, Katarína Melasová2, Hana Pokorná1
1 Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Vajanského nábrežie, Staré Mesto, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Objective: 1) To provide a bibliometric picture of humility as presented in current academic management journals and 2) to identify new research trends.

Method: A survey of specialized publications, citations, H-index, etc. Findings: Humility research in management, in terms of number of publications and citations, has a comparable position to other areas. However, when compared to the entire volume of management research, humility represents only 0.025%. A similar research in psychology shows a dramatic growth, with the amount of publications and citations having doubled since 2010, and we consider this a trend.

Keywords: humility, modesty, leadership, citation reports
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This contribution was done within the project of Internal grant agency of Faculty of Business Economics and Management at the Mendel University in Brno for year 2015 (ID of project IGA PEF_TP_2015_010).

Prepublished online: December 26, 2015; Published: January 1, 2016  Show citation

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Žiaran, P., Kučerová, R., Melasová, K., & Pokorná, H. (2015). Humility and Modesty in Leadership - a Bibliometric Perspective. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(6), 2221-2228. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563062221
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