Empathic Organizational Culture and Leadership: Conceptualizing the Framework

Autor/inn/en	Arghode, Vishal; Lathan, Ann; Alagaraja, Meera; Rajaram, Kumaran; McLean, Gary N.
Titel	Empathic Organizational Culture and Leadership: Conceptualizing the Framework
Quelle	In: European Journal of Training and Development, 46 (2022) 1-2, S.239-256 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2046-9012
DOI	10.1108/EJTD-09-2020-0139
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Leadership Styles; Employer Employee Relationship; Caring; Employees; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Unternehmenskultur; Führung; Führungsposition; Führungsstil; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to conceptualize and discuss empathic organizational culture and leadership along with organizational implications. Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed literature to conceptualize empathic organizational culture and leadership. They referred to Hofstede's organizational culture concept and studies on empathy to explore how leader-follower relationships are influenced by a leader's empathic disposition. Findings: Organizational leadership is instrumental in shaping employee performance. While work design, culture, peer support and resource accessibility are discernible, leadership style, control and others are covert. Leaders' empathic attitudes and dispositions can positively influence organizational functions for improved performance. This review suggests that organizational culture should support growth, proper functioning and effective coordination between employees for improved organizational effectiveness. Research limitations/implications: The authors conducted searches in leadership and management journals to help conceptualize leaders' empathic disposition. Future researchers may explore other bodies of literature and the cultural demographic differences in exhibiting empathic leadership and its effectiveness. Researchers can explore how empathic culture relates to job motivation, satisfaction and commitment. The authors suggest that future research may explore how employees' and supervisors' behaviors and interactions can create an empathic organizational culture. Practical implications: The authors identify the characteristics in an empathic leader to articulate the role of empathy in leadership. Alignment between person, group norms and organizational values is more important than the existence of culture. Originality/value: Empathy is studied by researchers from various disciplines. Similarly, employee well-being has received attention from organizational researchers from many fields. However, researchers have given inadequate attention to conceptualizing an empathic organizational culture and its interrelationship with leadership. The authors offer a more positive perspective to the leader-member exchange (LMX) research by describing how leaders can sustain positive relationships with employees rather than the purely transactional exchanges that characterize LMX. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01