<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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 &amp; 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.</p></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.

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

Department of Business Administration, Gebze Institute of High Technology, Turkey

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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...

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

Published Online: Mar 09, 2013

Page range: 101 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-012-0018-2

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