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Authentic leadership and performance: the mediating role of employees’ affective commitment

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  • Neuza Ribeiro
  • Daniel Gomes
  • Shaji Kurian

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Purpose - This study aims to examine the relationship between authentic leadership (AL), affective commitment and individual performance. More specifically, this study aims to understand how AL influences employees’ affective commitment, how AL influences individual performance, how affective commitment influences individual performance and how affective commitment mediates the relationship between AL and individual performance. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 212 Portuguese employees participated in this study. A quantitative methodology was used. Baron and Kenny’s linear regression method and Sobel test were used to test the mediation relationship. Findings - The results reveal that affective commitment mediates the relationship between AL and employees’ performance. In others words, leaders’ authenticity promotes employees’ affective commitment, which, in turn, increases their individual performance. Practical implications - This research has practical implications for human resource management in organizations, particularly in selection processes and training of leaders and managers. Practitioners looking to increase employee commitment and performance can do so by augmenting the AL. Originality/value - This study enriches the knowledge about the relevance of emerging areas such as AL theory and responds to the need to understand underlying mechanisms linking AL with workers’ commitment and performance (i.e. testing the construct’s nomological network).

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  • Neuza Ribeiro & Daniel Gomes & Shaji Kurian, 2018. "Authentic leadership and performance: the mediating role of employees’ affective commitment," Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 14(1), pages 213-225, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-06-2017-0111
    DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-06-2017-0111
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    1. Yucheng Zhang & Yongxing Guo & Meng Zhang & Shan Xu & Xin Liu & Alexander Newman, 2022. "Antecedents and outcomes of authentic leadership across culture: A meta-analytic review," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 39(4), pages 1399-1435, December.
    2. Santiago Leal Paredes & Jaime O. Salomon & Jaime Rivera Camino, 2021. "Impact of Authentic Leadership on Work Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Meditating Role of Motivation for Work," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(3), pages 3-31.
    3. Francis Donkor, 2022. "Do Transformational Leaders Affect Employee Performance and Normative Commitment Through General Self-Efficacy? Analysis in Ghanaian Public Sector Organizations," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 707-723, September.
    4. Sachin Batra, 2020. "Developing a Conceptual and Measurement Framework of Organizational Socialization, Authentic Leadership, and Affective Commitment for Construction Professionals," Jindal Journal of Business Research, , vol. 9(2), pages 176-187, December.

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