Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement

The issue of leadership has been investigated from several perspectives; however, very less from ethical perspective. With the growing number of corporate scandals and unethical roles played by business leaders in several parts of the world, the need to examine leadership from ethical perspective c...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hassan, Arif, Ahmed, Forbis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (W A S E T) 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/1/waset_paper.pdf
id iium-2307
recordtype eprints
spelling iium-23072012-02-27T04:23:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/ Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement Hassan, Arif Ahmed, Forbis HF5549 Personnel management The issue of leadership has been investigated from several perspectives; however, very less from ethical perspective. With the growing number of corporate scandals and unethical roles played by business leaders in several parts of the world, the need to examine leadership from ethical perspective cannot be over emphasized. The importance of leadership credibility has been discussed in the authentic model of leadership. Authentic leaders display high degree of integrity, have deep sense of purpose, and committed to their core values. As a result they promote a more trusting relationship in their work groups that translates into several positive outcomes. The present study examined how authentic leadership contribute to subordinates’ trust in leadership and how this trust, in turn, predicts subordinates’ work engagement. A sample of 395 employees was randomly selected from several local banks operating in Malaysia. Standardized tools such as ALQ, OTI, and EEQ were employed. Results indicated that authentic leadership promoted subordinates’ trust in leader, and contributed to work engagement. Also, interpersonal trust predicted employees’ work engagement as well as mediated the relationship between this style of leadership and employees’ work engagement. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (W A S E T) 2011-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nd http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/1/waset_paper.pdf Hassan, Arif and Ahmed, Forbis (2011) Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 80 (8). pp. 750-756. ISSN 2010-376X http://www.waset.org/journals/waset/
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic HF5549 Personnel management
spellingShingle HF5549 Personnel management
Hassan, Arif
Ahmed, Forbis
Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
description The issue of leadership has been investigated from several perspectives; however, very less from ethical perspective. With the growing number of corporate scandals and unethical roles played by business leaders in several parts of the world, the need to examine leadership from ethical perspective cannot be over emphasized. The importance of leadership credibility has been discussed in the authentic model of leadership. Authentic leaders display high degree of integrity, have deep sense of purpose, and committed to their core values. As a result they promote a more trusting relationship in their work groups that translates into several positive outcomes. The present study examined how authentic leadership contribute to subordinates’ trust in leadership and how this trust, in turn, predicts subordinates’ work engagement. A sample of 395 employees was randomly selected from several local banks operating in Malaysia. Standardized tools such as ALQ, OTI, and EEQ were employed. Results indicated that authentic leadership promoted subordinates’ trust in leader, and contributed to work engagement. Also, interpersonal trust predicted employees’ work engagement as well as mediated the relationship between this style of leadership and employees’ work engagement.
format Article
author Hassan, Arif
Ahmed, Forbis
author_facet Hassan, Arif
Ahmed, Forbis
author_sort Hassan, Arif
title Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
title_short Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
title_full Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
title_fullStr Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
title_full_unstemmed Authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
title_sort authentic leadership, trust and work engagement
publisher World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (W A S E T)
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2307/1/waset_paper.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T20:09:52Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T20:09:52Z
_version_ 1777407405436436480