Authentic Leadership and Teachers’ Intention to Stay: The Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Psychological Capital

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the mediation effect of psychological capital and perceived organizational support on therelationship between authentic leadership and intention to stay. The structural equation modeling technique was usedto test the hypothesized model. A survey was administered to collect data targeting a sample of randomly selectedteachers working at high schools in Tehran. The results suggest that authentic leadership significantly influencesteachers’ intention to stay, psychological capital, perceived organizational support. As predicted, both perceivedorganizational support and psychological capital had a significant positive direct effect on intention to stay. Theeffect of authentic leadership on intention to stay was found to be mediated by teachers’ psychological capital andperceived organizational support. This study shows how leaders can enhance teachers’ intention to stay by applyingauthentic leadership, engendering psychological capital and creating supportive environment.

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“…In addition, Luthans and Avolio (2003) state that the attributes of a true leader are being calm, ambitious, positive, flexible, humane, progressive, and someone who emphasizes the growth of their followers' leadership. Thus, authentic leaders are motivated by strong spiritual principles and behave in line with their strongly held beliefs, even under pressure; they are strongly mindful of their opinions, capabilities, and shortcomings, and try to consider how their leadership influences others (Aria, Jafari, & Behifar, 2019). Moreover, Avolio et al (2009) have found authentic leadership to be essential in addressing ethical challenges and building a healthy environmental climate.…”

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“…Li, Zhang, Yan, Wen, & Zhang (2020) with China's nursing population, they identify the influence of POS on job control, job satisfaction and intention to stay. About the last variable, Aria, Jafari, & Behifar (2019) Other studies in the services sector have found relationships with health status. POS is a mitigator of aversive effects of chronic pain on performance (Byrne & Hochwarter, 2006), which may be related to the culture of care that is formed from support, as determined by Payne, Cluff, Lang, Matson-Koffman, & Morgan-Lopez (2018) with a wide American sample.…”

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