The Impact of Humble Leadership on Knowledge-Sharing and Creativity in Nursing Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Introduction Leadership styles are pivotal in encouraging employee engagement, influencing team dynamics, and enhancing patient outcomes. Humble leadership is characterized by self-awareness, openness, and appreciation for others. This leadership style is underexplored in healthcare. Objective This study investigated whether humble leadership impacts knowledge-sharing and employees’ creativity. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected from nursing educators, nurses, and nursing leaders from various universities and hospitals in Jordan. Descriptive analysis was applied to display the general characteristics of the study participants. The general linear model was conducted to analyze the impact of humble leadership on knowledge-sharing and employees’ creativity. Results This study revealed that humble leadership significantly impacted knowledge-sharing and employees’ creativity. These findings highlight the critical role of humble leadership in promoting and fostering knowledge-sharing and creativity within educational institutions and healthcare settings. Conclusion Leaders’ humble leadership impacted knowledge-sharing among employees and the creativity of nursing educators, nurses, and nursing leaders. Training programs are needed to develop humble nurses’ and leaders’ leadership because they contribute to nursing educators’, nurses’, and nursing leaders’ creativity while maintaining employee knowledge-sharing.