Enhancing creative process engagement in university students: the mediating role of trust and empowerment and the moderating effect of proactive personality in humble teacher leadership.

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

BMC Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI:10.1186/s40359-025-02382-z

Xiyue Zhang, Jingming Chi

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Abstract

This study examines the interplay between humble teacher leadership and student creative process engagement, grounded in Social Exchange Theory and Self-Determination Theory. Additionally, it analyzes the sequential mediating roles of student trust and psychological empowerment, as well as the moderating effect of proactive personality. Data were collected at three time points from 384 participants across Chinese universities and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with Smart PLS 4.0 software. The findings reveal that humble teacher leadership significantly enhances students' participation in creative processes. Student trust and psychological empowerment serve as sequential mediators in the relationship between humble leadership and creative engagement. Moreover, the presence of a proactive personality notably strengthens the positive influence of humble teacher leadership on students' creative process engagement. By exploring the psychological states and individual differences, this research elucidates the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions between humble teacher leadership and students' creative engagement, providing theoretical foundations and practical guidelines for implementing humble leadership in educational settings.

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促进大学生创造性过程投入：信任、授权的中介作用及主动性人格在谦逊教师领导中的调节作用。

本研究以社会交换理论和自我决定理论为基础，探讨了谦逊教师领导与学生创造性过程参与之间的相互作用。此外，本研究还分析了学生信任与心理授权的顺序中介作用，以及主动性人格的调节作用。在三个时间点收集来自中国高校384名参与者的数据，并使用Smart PLS 4.0软件进行偏最小二乘结构方程建模（PLS- sem）分析。研究结果显示，谦逊的教师领导显著提高了学生对创造性过程的参与。学生信任和心理授权在谦逊型领导与创造性投入的关系中起序贯中介作用。此外，主动性人格的存在显著增强了谦逊教师领导对学生创造性过程投入的积极影响。本研究通过探究谦逊教师领导与学生创造性投入的心理状态和个体差异，阐明谦逊教师领导与学生创造性投入之间的中介机制和边界条件，为在教育情境中实施谦逊领导提供理论基础和实践指导。

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BMC Psychology Psychology-Psychology (all)

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

2.80%

发文量

265

审稿时长

24 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Psychology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of psychology, human behavior and the mind, including developmental, clinical, cognitive, experimental, health and social psychology, as well as personality and individual differences. The journal welcomes quantitative and qualitative research methods, including animal studies.