Following this framework, leadership communication
can be described in terms of a process model consisting of the following four
stages: 1) On the basis of individual communication competences (knowledge,
skills, and motivation; cf. Jablin & Sias, 2001), leader and follower deliberately
(mindfully) or automatically (mindlessly) select their communicative behavior;
(2) Performing communicative behaviors in a dyadic leader–follower interaction
provides both with feedback about their behavior; (3) Communication results
(e.g., communication satisfaction, uncertainty reduction, shared meaning, and perceived
goal accomplishment) are attributed to the communication competence of
the other and one’s own communicative performance