The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Job Embeddedness: A Study on Healthcare Professionals

The rate of turnover in the healthcare sector, as in many other industries, is a crucial problem. Job embeddedness is one of the most important elements in reducing turnover and keeping employees in their jobs. Known about the antecedents of the concept of job embeddedness is not much. Many studies have revealed that leadership styles have a substantial impact on followers' behavior. The number of studies examining the relationship between leadership behavior and job embeddedness, on the other hand, is limited. From this viewpoint, the purpose of this study is determined to analyze the impact of a manager's authentic leadership behavior on the level of job embeddedness of employees in the healthcare sector. In this study, the effect of authentic leadership behavior on the dimensions of fit, sacrifice, and clinks, which constitute job embeddedness, was analyzed. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 240 healthcare employees in Mersin. According to the findings,authentic leadership behavior has a positive effect on the fit dimension. In addition, authentic leadership behavior also has an positive effect on the sacrifice dimension. However, contrary to opinion, authentic leadership behavior seemed to have no effect on the links. It is expected that the research will contribute to the studies that determine the antecedents of the concept of job embeddedness. Furthermore, it is hoped to contribute to the limited number of studies that investigate authentic leadership behavior and job embeddedness at the same time, and thus direct future studies.