Chapter 3: Leader Emotional Displays from Near and Far: The Implications of Close versus Distant Leadership for Leader Emotional Labor and Authenticity

We examine the effects of close and distant leadership, exploring the relationships among context, leader authenticity, and emotional labor. These relationships are considered using an eight typology model of close and distant leadership, with a focus on surface acting, deep acting, and genuine emotions. We discuss the effects of such displays on the leader’s felt and perceived authenticity, the favorability of follower impressions, follower trust in the leader, and leader well-being. We also examine the authenticity implications of: leadership models emphasizing changing behaviors, individual proclivities to change, changing typologies to fit the leader and vice versa, and the leader/manager emphasis.