%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of Perceived Authentic Leadership on Employees’ Positive Emotions During ‎Organizational Change
%A Muhammad ZAKIR AHMED¹
%A Kamran AHMED SOOMRO¹
%A Naveeda K KATPER²
%A Muhammad AQIL1¹
%J Journal of Organizational Behavior Research
%@ 2528-9705
%D 2019
%V 4
%N 1
%P 186-198
%X The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of perceived Authentic Leadership style on ‎employees’ positive emotions during organizational change, considering Trust in the leader as ‎a mediating variable. This research is quantitative in nature and data was collected from ‎employees of a telecom organization in Pakistan through structured questionnaire. Out of 288 ‎questionnaires distributed among employees in organization’s offices in three different cities, ‎‎214 filled questionnaires were received. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on Partial ‎Least Square (PLS) was applied for testing hypotheses of the research. The results show that ‎authentic leadership has statistically significant impact on the positive emotions of employees ‎during an organizational change, with partial mediation of Trust in the leader. This article ‎provides the empirical evidence of the importance of authentic leadership in shaping ‎employees’ emotions during organizational change process. These findings are helpful for ‎organizations undergoing change management process. This research is one of rare studies ‎carried out to empirically test the impact of authentic leadership style on employees’ emotions ‎in telecom sector especially in South Asian countries including Pakistan‎.
%U https://odad.org/article/impact-of-perceived-authentic-leadership-on-employees-positive-emotions-during-organizational-change