Authentic Leadership: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions

Abstract

Authentic leadership has emerged as a pivotal framework within organizational studies, resonating deeply with ethical conduct, employee engagement, and overall organizational effectiveness. The literature suggests that authentic leadership involves self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing, and an internalized moral perspective, which collectively foster trust between leaders and followers, leading to enhanced organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and increased employee commitment.

Keywords

authentic leadership · organizational citizenship behavior · employee engagement

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