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Bridging the Gap between Authentic Leadership and Employees Communal Relationships through Trust

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Authentic leadership has emerged as a positive relational-leadership approach that has gained the attention of academicians and practitioners by stimulating a healthy work environment. This study examined the direct influence of authentic leadership on employees' communal relationships. In addition, the study examined the mediating role of affective- and cognitive-based trust on these relationships. We adopted a cross-sectional study design and collected data from 200 employees working in the private banking sector in Pakistan. The findings indicated that authentic leadership was positively correlated with communal employee relationships. In addition, both affective- and cognitive-based trust were found to have a positive mediating effect on the relationship between authentic leadership and communal employee relationships. The practical implications, limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17010250

Authors: Sadaf Iqbal, Tahir Farid, Muhammad Khalil Khan, Qionghon Zhang, Amira Khattak, Jianhong Ma

Institutions: Zhejiang University, Prince Sultan University

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,824