The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Psychological Empowerment of the Employees in the Slovenian Local Self-Government Institutions
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https://doi.org/10.4335/15.3.625-645(2017)Keywords:
authentic leadership, HRM, leadership, local self-government, psychological empowermentAbstract
Main aim of our research was to empirically test how the supervisor’s authentic leadership relates to the four independent constructs representing followers’ psychological empowerment in Slovenian local self-government institutions. We tested four hypotheses in one structural model by using structural equation modelling (SEM). The quantitative data for our analysis was collected through a survey on 169 employees of Slovenian municipalities. Findings show that the supervisor’s authentic leadership is positively related to the dimensions constructing followers’ psychological empowerment; especially when it comes to self-determination and impact, less when it comes to meaning and at least when it comes to competence.
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