The Effect of Authentic Leadership on Organizational Effectiveness: The Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study was aimed to identify influential factors on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior as an organizational effectiveness of authentic leadership. Methods/ Statistical Analysis: Smart PLS 2.0 was used to verify the model of this study. As PLS had relatively less strict requirements for sample size and residual distribution and its relationship between measurement item and construct could be used to analyze the model, formative indicator, Smart PLS was used. To that end, the PLS method was used since this study is an exploratory study. Findings: Most of the leadership related precedent studies have focused on the role of a leader who leads an organization. This study inquired into the preceding research on authentic leadership and carried out an empirical analysis with the workers in the Korea industry. As a result of the analysis, it was found that authentic leadership had positive impacts on organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, organizational commitment and job satisfaction had positive impacts on organizational citizenship behavior. Application/Improvements: In this study, empirical data were used services enterprise. The findings are expected to be applied to making decisions and developing education programs, which are related to leadership in the field.