TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of Perceived Authentic Leadership on Employees’ Positive Emotions During ‎Organizational Change A1 - Muhammad ZAKIR AHMED¹ A1 - Kamran AHMED SOOMRO¹ A1 - Naveeda K KATPER² A1 - Muhammad AQIL1¹ JF - Journal of Organizational Behavior Research JO - J Organ Behav Res SN - 2528-9705 Y1 - 2019 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 186 EP - 198 N2 - 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. UR - https://odad.org/article/impact-of-perceived-authentic-leadership-on-employees-positive-emotions-during-organizational-change ER -