Coach humility and player creativity: The roles of knowledge sharing and group diversity

Highlights

•	Provided evidence for the positive relationships between coach humility and player creativity via knowledge sharing.
•	Demonstrated the interaction effects of group extroversion diversity and coach humility on knowledge sharing.
•	Demonstrated the interaction effects of group openness diversity and coach humility on knowledge sharing.

Abstract

In this study, the authors examine how coach humility impacts creativity among the football players. The sample included players and their coaches from nonprofessional football clubs in Vietnam. Our data analyses supported the positive relationships between coach humility and player creativity via knowledge sharing as a mediator. Group diversity in terms of extroversion and openness to experience traits served as a moderator to fortify the effect of coach humility on knowledge sharing among the players.

Keywords:

• Coach
• Humility
• Creativity
• Group diversity
• Vietnam

Luu Trong Tuan is currently a senior lecturer at Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia. He received his master’s degree from Victoria University, Australia and PhD degree in management from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. His research interests include organizational behavior, human resource management, and healthcare management in both private and public sector. Widely published his research has appeared in refereed academic journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Public Management Review, Personnel Review, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Business Research, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, among others.