The fundamental nature of humility and prosocial motivation entails transcending self-interest to enact behaviors that benefit others. We theorize that leader humility may enact a self-transcendent contagion effect that will manifest in enhanced follower prosocial motivation. Due to the fundamental nature of humility, this construct holds great promise in understanding how contextual signals (i.e., leader behaviors) shape prosocial motivation in followers. In this study, we find that leader humility impacts follower prosocial motivation through followers' perception of work meaningfulness. Specifically, we found that leader humility is positively related to prosocial motivation. We also found that this relationship is mediated by followers' perception of work meaningfulness, and that this mediation is moderated by followers' perception of relational vitality. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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看着你下降，我帮助别人上升：领导者谦逊对亲社会动机的影响

谦逊和亲社会动机的基本性质需要超越自我利益来制定有益于他人的行为。我们推测，领导者的谦逊可能会产生一种自我超越的传染效应，这将体现在增强的追随者亲社会动机上。由于谦逊的基本性质，这种结构在理解背景信号（即领导行为）如何塑造追随者的亲社会动机方面具有很大的前景。在这项研究中，我们发现领导者的谦逊通过追随者对工作意义的感知影响追随者的亲社会动机。具体来说，我们发现领导者的谦逊与亲社会动机呈正相关。我们还发现，这种关系是由追随者对工作意义的感知所介导的，并且这种中介是由追随者的 对关系活力的感知。讨论了理论和实践意义。