Impact of humble leadership on project success: the mediating role of psychological empowerment and innovative work behavior

Mudassar Ali is PhD scholar under Chinese Government Scholarship at School of Economy and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China. He completed his master’s in project management from Riphah International University, Islamabad. His research interest related to leadership and applied knowledge areas of project management.

Li Zhang is a professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the Harbin Institute of technology in China. She completed her PhD in the field of management from the Harbin Engineering University. Her research interest includes organizational behavior, human resource, leadership and work–family balance. She has had research papers published in reputed journals such as Journal of Business Research (SSCI), Personality and Individual Differences (SSCI), International Journal of Stress Management (SSCI) and Current Psychology (SSCI). She has continuously been reviewing articles for International Journal of Human Resource Management (SSCI) and Journal of Managerial Psychology as well as AOM meeting papers.

Syed Jamal Shah is a PhD candidate at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He worked as a Marketing and Human Resource Manager in multinational and national pharmaceutical companies. His research interest is human resource management, organizational behavior, strategic management and marketing. His research work has appeared in journals such as Sustainability (SSCI), International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (SSCI), Human Systems Management (ESCI) and Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies (ESCI). His target segment of research is frontline employees.

Salim Khan is a PhD scholar of business administration in the School of Management at the Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his postgraduation in the same field from the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His current research areas are business ethics, human resource, organizational behavior. His research work has appeared in journals such as Current Psychology and International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (SSCI).

Adnan Muhammad Shah is a PhD candidate in the Department of Management Science and Engineering, at the School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include big-data analysis, e-health, physician-rating websites and reviews, online healthcare community and social media analytics in e-health. His research has appeared in Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) and others.