Reframing commitment in authentic leadership: Untangling relationship-outcome processes

Andrei A. Lux; Steven L. Grover; Stephen T.T. Teo

doi:10.1017/jmo.2019.78

Reframing commitment in authentic leadership: Untangling relationship-outcome processes

Andrei A. Lux^*, Steven L. Grover, Stephen T.T. Teo

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Department of Management

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Affective organizational commitment is theorized and empirically tested as a key mediator between authentic leadership and desirable employee outcomes. The results of a two-wave survey of 830 business people in Australia support a serial mediation model of authentic leadership efficacy. Followers' perceptions of authentic leadership behavior influence their personal identification and affect-based trust in the leader, which in turn are mediated by affective organizational commitment to positively influence their work engagement and job satisfaction. These findings reinforce previous work that positions personal identification and affect-based trust as the two primary mediating mechanisms of authentic leadership. This paper extends prior research by demonstrating the important role of followers' affective bonds with their organization in the operation of authentic leadership, moving beyond the dyad in our understanding of follower outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103 - 121
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Management and Organization
Volume	29
Issue number	1
Early online date	6 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2019.78
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

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Keywords

Authentic leadership
job satisfaction
organizational commitment
personal identification
trust
work engagement

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