Study of managers in Pakistani food and beverage company shows how “authentic leadership” enhances employees' career success

Abstract

Purpose

The authors wanted to find out if authentic leadership had an effect on career success.

Design/methodology/approach

The author tested hypotheses on full-time employees and received 162 valid questionnaires.

Findings

The results showed that authentic leadership was positively correlated with career self-efficacy and that career self-efficacy was positively associated with both career satisfaction and hierarchical status. The results also suggested that the “direct path from authentic leadership to hierarchical status was not significant”. Meanwhile, results showed that career self-efficacy was necessary to fully mediate the relationship between authentic leadership and hierarchical status. The results also showed that career self-efficacy only partially mediated the effects on career satisfaction.

Originality/value

The author felt his study made a valuable contribution because it offered a new perspective on career satisfaction that expanded the literature. The analysis of career self-efficacy as a mediating mechanism was another significant finding.

Citation

(2019), "Study of managers in Pakistani food and beverage company shows how “authentic leadership” enhances employees' career success", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 25-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-09-2019-0227