Multi-Level Analysis of Authentic Leadership from a Turkish Consruction Engineers Perspective

Özkan, Semra; Ceylan, Adnan

doi:10.2478/v10033-012-0018-2

Abstract

Authentic leaders are leaders who when called upon by the hand of fate, will be the ones who take a stand that changes the course of history for others, be they organizations, departments or just other individuals (May, Chan, Hodges & Avolio, 2003). That’s the answer of why authentic leadership? In this study we explore authentic leadership in Turkey from a multilevel perspective. We used the authentic leadership measure developed by Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Wernsing and Peterson in 2008. We also tested the generalizability and validity of the AL measure in a different cultural context.

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