Psychological mechanism linking authentic leadership to organizational behavior, mediating role of PSS

Based on the theory of authentic leadership and organizational support theory, this study examined the effects of authentic leadership on employees’attitudes and behaviors such as job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), affective commitment, and turnover intention. Especially, this study focused on the mediating role of perceived supervisor support (PSS). Using data from 433 respondents in several business organizations, we found that PSS completely mediated all the relationship between authentic leadership and followers’attitudes and behaviors: job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), affective commitment, and turnover intention. Drawing from these results, managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.