“Vision, passion, and care:” The impact of charismatic executive leadership communication on employee trust and support for organizational change
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Yonghong (Tracy) Liu, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study explored how charismatic executive leadership communication during change influences employees’ attitudinal and behavioral reaction toward change. Specifically, it proposed and tested a conceptual model that links charismatic executive leadership communication during change, characterized by envisioning, energizing, and enabling behaviors, employee organizational trust during change, and employees’ openness to change and behavioral support for change (i.e., cooperation and championing). Through an online survey of 439 employees who had experienced a company-wide organizational change in the past two years in the United States, results showed that charismatic executive leadership communication during change positively influenced employee organizational trust, openness to change, and behavioral support for change. Employee trust toward the organization during change positively influenced employee openness to change, which in turn, contributed to employee behavioral support for change. Employee trust was revealed as a partial mediator for the positive impact of charismatic executive leadership communication during change on employee openness to change and behavioral support for change. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
“Vision, passion, and care:” The impact of charismatic executive leadership communication on employee trust and support for organizational change
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- Publication
- Public Relations Review, 46(3). 101927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.101927
- Language: English
- Date: 2020
- Keywords
- leadership communication, executive communication, change communication, employee reaction to change, organizational trust