“…Leadership researchers (e.g., Cameron, 2011;Choi, 2006;Day, 2001;Holt & Marques, 2012;Humphrey, 2002;Turner et al, 2002) argue increasingly for the importance of empathy for leadership effectiveness. Choi (2006), for example, asserted that empathy underlay charismatic leadership, such that empathetic leader behaviors stimulated followers' need for affiliation.…”