Modesty, Pride and Realistic Self-Assessment

Statman, Daniel

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“…Now that we have defined and described the nature of humility, it is also helpful to briefly review its relationship to other similar constructs, such as modesty, self-awareness, and psychological mindedness. Although some use the terms interchangeably (e.g., Schueler, 1997;Statman, 1992), most scholars consider modesty and humility to be related but distinct constructs. Following both Morris et al (2005) and Peterson and Seligman (2004), we agree with the assertions that humility is internal to the individual, whereas modesty is more likely externally focused.…”

Section: Related Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Look at Humility: Exploring the Humility Concept and Its Role in Socialized Charismatic Leadership

Nielsen

Marrone

Slay

2009

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

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This theoretical piece advances humility's role in socialized charismatic leadership by considering humility's impact on the behaviors and effectiveness of this type of leadership. First, the authors propose humility as an important but overlooked antecedent to effective socialized charismatic leadership. As described primarily in extant personality and social psychology literatures, humility prevents excessive self-focus and allows for an understanding of oneself, in addition to perspective of one's relationship with others. Second, the effects of humility on the display and effectiveness of three key socialized charismatic leader behaviors are considered. Theoretical contributions and future research directions are discussed.

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Section: Related Constructsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Look at Humility: Exploring the Humility Concept and Its Role in Socialized Charismatic Leadership

Nielsen

Marrone

Slay

2009

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

183

174

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“…Since Hume, several moral philosophers have focused on this notion, especially in terms of virtue ethics. Some authors have considered pride as a vice (i.e., as contrary to the virtue of modesty), and others as a virtue [14, 15]. 14 When virtue ethicists (including Hume) talk about pride as a virtue, their reason for the positive evaluation of pride is based on its effect on oneself; pride is, according to these authors, a virtue because it promotes self-esteem and personal happiness.…”

Section: Pride-based Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Should We Foster the Professional Integrity of Engineers in Japan? A Pride-Based Approach

Iseda

2007

Sci Eng Ethics

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I discuss the predicament that engineering-ethics education in Japan now faces and propose a solution to this. The predicament is professional motivation, i.e., the problem of how to motivate engineering students to maintain their professional integrity. The special professional responsibilities of engineers are often explained either as an implicit social contract between the profession and society (the “social-contract” view), or as requirements for membership in the profession (the “membership-requirement” view). However, there are empirical data that suggest that such views will not do in Japan, and this is the predicament that confronts us. In this country, the profession of engineering did not exist 10 years ago and is still quite underdeveloped. Engineers in this country do not have privileges, high income, or high social status. Under such conditions, neither the social-contract view nor the membership-requirement view is convincing. As an alternative approach that might work in Japan, I propose a pride-based view. The notion of pride has been analyzed in the virtue-ethics literature, but the full potential of this notion has not been explored. Unlike other kinds of pride, professional pride can directly benefit the general public by motivating engineers to do excellent work even without social rewards, since being proud of themselves is already a reward. My proposal is to foster a particular kind of professional pride associated with the importance of professional services in society, as the motivational basis for professional integrity. There is evidence to suggest that this model works.

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“…This behavior is basically antisocial. As remarked by Statman (1992), it is morally wrong because it tends to degrade others. Notably, it would be—and be perceived as—a wicked behavior even if it were “justified” by one’s actual superiority.…”

Section: Hubris or Superiority Pridementioning

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The ambiguity of pride

Miceli

Castelfranchi

Pocobello

2017

Theory & Psychology

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This work aims to account for the complexity of pride, while also trying to clear some ambiguities that in our view result from unwarranted assumptions about its two facets—“authentic” versus “hubristic” pride. We propose a model of pride in terms of its cognitive and motivational components; distinguish two kinds of pride proper: pride1, referring to achievement-based pride and pride2, concerning one’s stable qualities and dispositions; and identify the goals they are likely to elicit. We also argue that for pride to be felt, it is insufficient and even unnecessary that one’s self-evaluations should concern socially valued accomplishments. We suggest that hubris is distinguishable from both kinds of pride proper because, unlike the latter, it is qualified by the goal of superiority over others, and we consider its implications in terms of social attitudes. We also discuss whether hubris is a form of “false” pride.

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Modesty, Pride and Realistic Self-Assessment

Cited by 65 publications

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A New Look at Humility: Exploring the Humility Concept and Its Role in Socialized Charismatic Leadership

A New Look at Humility: Exploring the Humility Concept and Its Role in Socialized Charismatic Leadership

How Should We Foster the Professional Integrity of Engineers in Japan? A Pride-Based Approach

The ambiguity of pride

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