Abstract:
In today’s overwhelmingly turbulent setting, every organization needs a passionate
workforce that can act as its unique proposition. Researchers suggest that the
subordinates’ work passion is contingent upon various work contexts, of which,
leadership is the most significant one. There is a prevailing consensus that leaders’
humility is a favorable tool for all organizational stakeholders, especially subordinates.
The literature about leaders’ humility is still skewed towards its treatment as generally
beneficial for organizations, without considering the role of interpersonal factors or
evaluation of perceived speculations. Using attribution theory’s lens, this research has;
therefore, examined the relationship between leaders’ humility and subordinates’ work
passion by involving the mediating impact of perceived behavioral integrity of leader and
a moderating effect of impression management attributions. The data for the research is
gathered from 389 employees of the IT sector of Pakistan by employing a cross-sectional
research design. A survey strategy was used in which questionnaires were employed to
gather data. The selection of participants was done by convenience sampling. The data
analysis was conducted through SPSS and AMOS. The findings of the study provided
full support for the mediated moderation model. By examining the impact of leaders’
humility on subordinates’ work passion through employing mediating and moderating
mechanisms, this research has added theoretical advances and offered practical
implications. The research will help leaders manage their attitudes displayed toward their
subordinates and understand the significance attached to these actions. Specifically, this
examination concluded that the perceived behavioral integrity of a leader mediates the
relationship between leaders’ humility and subordinates’ work passion and that the
mediation varies at different levels of impression management attributions.
