{"title":"Leadership and Internal Communication: Linking Servant Leadership, Communication Satisfaction, and Employee Advocacy","authors":"Patrick D. Thelen","doi":"10.1080/1553118X.2021.1984919","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To fill the research gap and expand the body of knowledge on leadership and internal communication, the current study is among the first that investigates the effect of servant leadership on employee advocacy through the mediating role of communication satisfaction and employee-organization relationships (EORs). Through a web survey of 777 employees working in medium and large organizations in the United States, the study confirmed the relationship between servant leadership and communication satisfaction, and that supervisory communication satisfaction is positively related to EORs. Additionally, the study provides empirical evidence for the relationship between servant leadership and employee advocacy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":39017,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Strategic Communication","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2021.1984919","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT To fill the research gap and expand the body of knowledge on leadership and internal communication, the current study is among the first that investigates the effect of servant leadership on employee advocacy through the mediating role of communication satisfaction and employee-organization relationships (EORs). Through a web survey of 777 employees working in medium and large organizations in the United States, the study confirmed the relationship between servant leadership and communication satisfaction, and that supervisory communication satisfaction is positively related to EORs. Additionally, the study provides empirical evidence for the relationship between servant leadership and employee advocacy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
期刊介绍：
The International Journal of Strategic Communication examines the philosophical, theoretical, and applied nature of strategic communication, which is “the purposeful use of communication by an organization to fulfill its mission.” IJSC provides a foundation for the study of strategic communication from diverse disciplines, including corporate and managerial communication, organizational communication, public relations, marketing communication, advertising, political and health communication, social marketing, international relations, public diplomacy, and other specialized communication areas. The IJSC is the singular forum for multidisciplinary inquiry of this nature.
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