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Affective and Cognitive Trust as Mediators in the Influence of Leader Motivating Language on Personal Initiative

Ling, Bin, Guo, Yue·2025·International Journal of Business Communication
DOI 10.1177/2329488420915503
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We investigated the mediating effects of affective and cognitive trust on the relationship between leaders’ use of motivating language and employees’ personal initiative. Hierarchical linear modeling was performed on nested data obtained from a sample of 238 participants from mainland China. The results showed that leaders’ motivating language positively influenced employees’ personal initiative at the team level and their affective and cognitive trust at the individual level. Additionally, both affective and cognitive trust significantly mediated the relationship between motivating language used by leaders and personal initiative demonstrated by employees. These findings point to the positive implications for an organization of a mechanism that fosters employees’ trust in their leaders through the translation of motivational language used by leaders into employees’ behavior demonstrating their personal initiative.

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Authors
Ling, B., & Guo, Y.
Affiliations
  • Hohai University (CN)
  • University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Ling, Bin
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Business Communication
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2020-05-12
Volume
62
Issue
2
Pages
258-280
ISSN
  • 2329-4884 (ISSN-L)
  • 2329-4892
DOI
10.1177/2329488420915503
OpenAlex
W3024328920
Cited by
32
References
5
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8
FWCI
4.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
International Journal of Business Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
Keywords
personal initiative, affective trust, cognitive trust, leader-employee trust, mediation, leadership communication, employee behavior, team-level effects

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