Human Capital Sustainability Leadership in Workers: From Personality Traits to Empathy and Compassion
Letizia Palazzeschi
This study examined the relationships between empathy and human capital sustainability leadership, and the relationships between compassion and human capital sustainability leadership, both controlling for the effect of personality traits. One hundred and forty-nine Italian workers were administered the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), the Compassion Scale (CS), and the Human Capital Sustainability Leadership Scale (HCSLS). The results showed that both empathy and compassion explained additional variance in HCSL beyond personality traits. These findings suggest the relevance of empathy and compassion in leadership aimed at promoting human capital sustainability.
Keywords
Empathy, Compassion, Human capital sustainability leadership, Personality traits.
