“…Showing empathy (Hewison et al , 2019; Papadopoulos et al , 2022; Salminen-Tuomaala and Seppälä, 2022a; Salminen-Tuomaala and Seppälä, 2022b; Sansó et al , 2022) and having emotional intelligence (Ali and Terry, 2017; Hewison et al , 2018; Hewison et al , 2019; O'Toole et al , 2021; Papadopoulos et al , 2022; Sansó et al , 2022) are crucial factors in compassionate leadership. It was also expected that leaders would be compassionate towards professionals (Ali and Terry, 2017; López-Díaz et al , 2022; O'Toole et al , 2021; Salminen-Tuomaala and Seppälä, 2022a; Salminen-Tuomaala and Seppälä, 2022b; Sansó et al , 2022). Perceptions of not receiving empathy or being allowed to show negative feelings were also mentioned (Salminen-Tuomaala and Seppälä, 2022a).…”