In this current competitive business conditions, organizations are hinge on upon their leaders to inspire people who have courageous to made demand out of turmoil, explore organizations through unimaginable natural disturbance and flourish the condition with excellent human capital involvement. Leaders are also expected to reassure the changes and developments required to keep up competitive advantage. In this instances, recognition respect plays a vital part in supporting employees throughout the complex and challenging period of change implementation. Also, recognition respect is an important form of respect in workplace relationships that can bring benefits to both the individual and the organisation. However, despite respect being seen as vital for leaders in exercising influence over employees, there were little attention has been paid to investigate the concept from the viewpoint of leadership. Therefore, this paper aims to address these gaps by exploring the significant role of recognition respect in mediating the relationship between transparent communication and employees openness to change. Our discussion highlights the importance of understanding the role of recognition respect characteristics that are involved in determining the success or failure of a change initiative.
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