Motivating Language Intensity: A Study of Wyoming Superintendents Motivating Language Use as Perceived by Their Principals

Holmes, William T.; Parker, Michele A.

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“…Literature has consistently shown that ML is positively related to a wide array of employee and organizational outcomes, including job performance (Holmes, 2012; J. Mayfield & Mayfield, 2010), job satisfaction (Sharbrough et al, 2006; Simmons & Sharbrough, 2013), job creativity and innovation (Sexton, 2013; Wang et al, 2009), organizational commitment (Krause, 2013; Madlock & Sexton, 2015), and intention to stay (Krause, 2013; J.…”

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Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification

Yue

Men

Ferguson

2020

International Journal of Business Communication

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As one of the first empirical attempts investigating the emerging role of positive emotional culture within organizations, the study examined how a symmetrical internal communication system and leaders’ use of motivating language contribute to fostering a positive emotional culture featured by joy, companionate love, pride, and gratitude. Furthermore, the study examined the linkage between a positive emotional culture and employees’ organizational identification. A quantitative online survey was conducted with 482 full-time employees in the United States. Results showed that both symmetrical internal communication and leaders’ use of motivating language, including meaning making, empathetic, and direction-giving languages, induced employees’ perception of a positive emotional culture of joy, companionate love, pride, and gratitude, which in turn enhanced employees’ organizational identification. Positive emotional culture fully mediated the impact of corporate and leadership communications on employee identification with the organization. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification

Yue

Men

Ferguson

2020

International Journal of Business Communication

109

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“…Motivating language theory research shows that communicating support for a follower’s emotions has a positive influence on follower outcomes (Gutierrez-Wirsching et al, 2015; M. Mayfield & Mayfield, 2009) in a wide variety of settings (Holmes, 2012; Holmes & Parker, 2017; Luca & Gray, 2004; Madlock & Sexton, 2015; Sharbrough, Simmons, & Cantrill, 2006). However, empathetic leadership goes beyond this research stream and focuses on how leaders empathetic support influences follower performance.…”

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Empathetic Leadership: How Leader Emotional Support and Understanding Influences Follower Performance

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Mayfield

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Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

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This article presents a theory of empathetic leadership and its initial test. Empathetic leadership provides a model of how leader understanding and support improves follower behaviors and affective states. For this article, we explored the link between empathetic leadership and follower performance. Specifically, we tested the causal processes by which empathetic language influences follower performance. These processes include follower job satisfaction and innovation. Findings support model hypotheses and provide preliminary causal support for the model.

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“…(2) Superintendent talk is the medium of superintendent practice through the intentional and strategical linkage of words and actions to maximize the impact of leadership practice, known as motivating language (ML) (Holmes, 2021;Holmes and Parker, 2019).…”

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“…(3) Whether at the employee level or the organizational level, outcomes are impacted by the degree of effectiveness of a superintendent's talk, which is a measure of ML ability and intensity (Holmes and Parker, 2019).…”

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“…Within the field of education, MLT has been examined within the USA and internationally in Kuwait (Alqahtani, 2015), Philippines (Buenviaje et al, 2017) and Pakistan (Sabir, 2018). Educational researchers have explored the relationship between MLT and school climate (Alqahtani, 2015;Sabir, 2018), organizational commitment (Sabir and Bhutta, 2018), principal retention (Williams, 2017), teacher job satisfaction (Holmes, 2012) and principal job satisfaction (Holmes and Parker, 2019) among other outcomes. Foundationally, MLT is strongly aligned to goal-setting, sense-making and empathy/ empathetic leadership stances (Mayfield and Mayfield, 2018) and quite compatible with transformational leadership (Men et al, 2021) and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory (Mayfield and Mayfield, 2010).…”

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The effect of rural superintendent credibility on principal and district outcomes mediated by motivating language

Holmes

Parker

Olsen

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine the influence of rural superintendent’s talk on the perceived outcomes of principal communication competence and organizational communication satisfaction. More specifically, this study explored whether the source credibility dimensions of goodwill, competency and trustworthiness had a greater impact on the perceived outcomes when mediated by motivating language (ML) than not.Design/methodology/approachDirect and indirect paths between superintendent and principal communication were modeled, analyzed and evaluated using descriptive and inferential methods, including R version 3.6.1 with the lavaan package and the Sobel mediation test.FindingsResearch findings indicated the importance of superintendent talk and motivating language theory (MLT) that, when combined, constitute the medium of superintendent practice and enable a superintendent to execute their roles and duties. Additionally, the authors found the dimensions of goodwill and competency had the most significant impact on the two outcomes mediated by ML. This finding indicates that principals are calling for a more empathetic and interactive form of credibility than the long-established form of credibility based on expertise and stewardship. Finally, as the authors call for an expanded role from the community in research, scholarship and implementation of MLT, they suggest due to the lack of significance in trustworthiness mediated by ML, future research into trustworthiness and trust.Originality/valueThis study’s value is to increase understanding of educational administration scholars of MLT and its power to influence employee and organizational outcomes and highlight a reframing of superintendent credibility away from say and do agreement and expertise and stewardship.

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Motivating Language Intensity: A Study of Wyoming Superintendents Motivating Language Use as Perceived by Their Principals

Cited by 21 publications

References 30 publications

Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification

Examining the Effects of Internal Communication and Emotional Culture on Employees’ Organizational Identification

Empathetic Leadership: How Leader Emotional Support and Understanding Influences Follower Performance

The effect of rural superintendent credibility on principal and district outcomes mediated by motivating language

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