“…Existing studies on leadership have mainly focused on how leaders' emotional expressions affect follower behavior (e.g., Bono & Ilies, 2006;George, 2000;Lewis, 2000;Sy, Côté, & Saavedra, 2005;Van Kleef, Homan, Beersma, & van Knippenberg, 2010). Very few studies have examined the effect of followers' emotional expressions on leader recipients.…”