Mediator Effect of Perceived Organizational Support in the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Commitment
Abstract
In this study, being inspired from the principles of positive psychology and its organizational projection, positive organizational behavior, a significant positive organizational behavior concept namely authentic leadership and its effects on organizational commitment of organizational members has been handled in details. With the research model, it is aimed to understand whether organizational support perceptions of organizational members act as a mediator in the relationship between authentic leadership behaviors of the leader and organizational commitments of the followers. The field study related to the investigation model has been conducted in İstanbul on 255 white collar employees mostly working in service industry. Statistical anaysis of the study is conducted with SPSS 20.0. Results of the study confirmed the fact that organizational support perceptions of followers have a mediating effect in the authentic leadership and organizational commitment relationship.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Elif Baykal
0000-0002-4966-8074
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 21, 2020
Submission Date
February 3, 2019
Acceptance Date
April 17, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 9 Number: 3
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