The Role of Leader Motivating Language in Employee Absenteeism

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Empathetic Leadership: How Leader Emotional Support and Understanding Influences Follower Performance (2018, background): “Also, while empathetic leadership is a new theory, its measurement was based on an existing scale (Luca & Gray, 2004; J. Mayfield & Mayfield, 2009; J. Mayfield, Mayfield, & Kopf, 1995), and the link between this scale and job satisfaction and its (indirect) link with performance also matches…”
The Relationship Between Leader Motivating Language and Self-Efficacy (2012, methodology): “In ML studies, research has shown (M. Mayfield & Mayfield, 2009) that ML usage is fully mediated (for the dependent variables, worker performance and job satisfaction) through the leaderfollower (LMX) relationship, but to date no work has been done on what variables may mediate between ML use and…”
Leaders as role models: Effects of leader presenteeism on employee presenteeism and sick leave (2020, background): “The transfer from leader to employee may work via observation (role modelling) but could also be a result of leader communication (Mayfield & Mayfield, 2009).”
Strategic Vision and Values in Top Leaders’ Communications (2015, background): “Moreover, research has identified significant links between high ML use and lower costly employee withdrawal behaviors, including absenteeism and intent-to-turnover (J. Mayfield & Mayfield, 2007, 2009).”