Entrepreneuriat et gestion des organisations

Effect of Authentic Leadership on Organisation Commitment: Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Rukh L, Shahrukh HM and Iqbal KZ

Having committed employees is beneficent and sometimes essential for an organization. The current study investigates the mediating role of the job satisfaction in the relationship between authentic leadership and the organizational commitment. The participants of this study were 300 job holders working in different industries in Lahore, Pakistan. The Hayes’s Process showed full mediation. In this study, factor analysis (EFA/CFA) was conducted and different dimensions of all variables were witnessed, 3 new dimensions of organizational commitment and authentic leadership and job satisfaction become unidimensional by deleting a few items. The results of the factor analysis study also support the proposed hypotheses of the study. Moreover, the job satisfaction is better predictor of organizational commitment. When the leaders are authentic and well behaved with their employees, they become more satisfied and want to stay with the organization in future.