Empatik Liderliğin Örgütler İçin Önemi: Sistematik Derleme Çalışması

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1 , 143 - 156 , 30.03.2026

Hayri Cengiz

https://doi.org/10.31200/makuubd.1883785

https://izlik.org/JA92CJ92SJ

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı örgütlerdeki empatik liderlik davranışının bireyler ve örgütler açısından
beraberinde getirdiği sonuçları ortaya koymak ve bütüncül olarak değerlendirmektir. Bu
doğrultuda sistematik derleme yöntemi tercih edilmiş, 2019 ile 2025 yılları arasında yayınlanan
ulusal ve uluslararası akademik makaleler çeşitli eleme kriterlerinden geçirilmiş, ardından 15
yayın çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar empatik liderliğin iş görenlere duygusal
destek sunan, güven ilişkisi geliştiren, psikolojik olarak güvende hissetmesini sağlayan, tüm
bunlarla birlikte örgüte bağlılığı, iş tatminini, yenilikçi ve proaktif davranışları teşvik eden,
bireysel ve örgütsel performansa katkı sağlayan bir liderlik yaklaşımı olduğunu göstermektedir.
Empatik liderlik teorisi yalnız iş görenin ya da örgütün çıkarını temel alan bir yaklaşım
olmamakla birlikte tüm tarafların memnuniyetini hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen
sonuçlar da bütüncül olarak değerlendirildiğinde, örgütlerde sergilenen empatik liderlik
davranışının hem iş görenlere hem de örgütlere sunduğu katkıyla stratejik öneme sahip, fark
yaratıcı bir yaklaşım olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Bu çalışmayla ortaya konan sonuçların,
empatik liderliğin örgütsel düzeydeki etkilerine odaklanan gelecekteki araştırmalar için yol
gösterici olacağı düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

empati , empatik liderlik , sistematik derleme

The Importance of Empathetic Leadership for Organizations: A Systematic Review

https://izlik.org/JA92CJ92SJ

Öz

The purpose of this study is to reveal and comprehensively evaluate the implications of
empathetic leadership behavior in organizations for individuals and organizations. In this
regard, a systematic review approach was preferred and 15 publications were included in the
study after screening national and international academic articles published between 2019 and
2025 using various selection criteria. The results show that empathetic leadership is a leadership
approach that provides emotional support to employees, builds trust, makes them feel
psychologically safe, while also encouraging organizational commitment, job satisfaction,
innovative and proactive behaviors and contributes to individual and organizational
performance. Empathetic leadership theory is not an approach based solely on the interests of
the employee or the organization, but aims to satisfy all parties. When the results are evaluated
holistically, they reveal that the empathetic leadership behavior exhibited in organizations is a
strategic and distinctive approach that contributes to both employees and the organization. It is
expected that the findings of this study will provide guidance for future research focusing on
the organizational effects of empathetic leadership

Anahtar Kelimeler

Empathy , empathetic leadership , systematic review

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