The Power of Mindfulness: The Impact of Leader Communication Mindfulness on Employee Followership Behavior

The Power of Mindfulness: The Impact of Leader Communication Mindfulness on Employee Followership Behavior | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article The Power of Mindfulness: The Impact of Leader Communication Mindfulness on Employee Followership Behavior Zhen Liu, Quanxing Lin, Shimin Tu, Meixin Xu This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7710629/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 6 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Leader communication mindfulness is defined as a leadership communication approach focused on the present, active listening, and empathic attitude, wherein team understanding and trust are promoted through open expression that is devoid of evaluation. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, data from a sample of four hundred corporate employees were analyzed to examine the effect of leader communication mindfulness on employee followership behavior, wherein the mediating role of relational energy as well as the moderating effects of reciprocal wariness and gratitude trait were assessed. It was found that leader communication mindfulness exerted a significant positive effect on relational energy and on employee followership behavior. Specifically, it was observed that leader communication mindfulness positively stimulated relational energy, which in turn elicited employee followership behavior. Moreover, gratitude trait was found to strengthen both the direct effect of leader communication mindfulness on relational energy and the indirect effect on Employee followership behavior. Conversely, reciprocal wariness was found to weaken these direct and indirect effects. In other words, higher levels of gratitude trait tend to amplify the impact of leader communication mindfulness on employee followership behavior, whereas stronger reciprocal wariness appears to attenuate this impact. The present study enriches the literature on the effects and mechanisms of leader communication mindfulness and herein provides practical insights for enhancing internal communication quality and managing employee behavior within organizations. leader communication mindfulness employee followership behavior relational energy reciprocal wariness gratitude trait Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Reviewers agreed at journal 30 Oct, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 30 Oct, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 29 Oct, 2025 Editor invited by journal 07 Oct, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 02 Oct, 2025 First submitted to journal 01 Oct, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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