Empathetic Leadership and Remote Employee Performance: A Qualitative Exploration
Abstract
This study explored the theoretical relationship between empathetic leadership and remote employee performance. This study adopted theoretical the variables. Empathetic leadership helps in the proper management and resolution of conflicts; to do this, empathetic leaders most times consider the emotions and viewpoints of all parties involved in the conflict. Employee performance holds employees accountable and enforcing disciplinary actions, especially in cases when they know the situations or personal needs of the defaulters. Both theoretical empirical literatures were extensively reviewed. From various scholar’s opinions, it was evidenced that empathetic leadership plays fundamental role in the achievement of employee performance. Based on the literature reviewed, this study concluded that empathetic leadership is a basic fundament for employee performance thus; organisations that ensure empathetic leadership are more likely to enhance their employee performance.
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Empathetic leadershipemployee performance
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