Hu, Yixin and Wu, Xiao and Zong, Zhaobiao and Xiao, Yilin and Maguire, Phil and Qu, Fangzheng and Wei, Jing and Wang, Dawei (2018) Authentic Leadership and Proactive Behavior: The Role of Psychological Capital and Compassion at Work. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (2470). ISSN 1664-1078

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Abstract

This study, which is based on survey data provided by 445 employees from a Chinese enterprise, examines the impact of authentic leadership on the proactive behavior of subordinates, in particular the mediating effect of subordinate psychological capital and the moderating effect of compassion at work. The results of our structural equation model reveal that: (1) There is a significant positive correlation between authentic leadership and the proactive behavior of subordinates; (2) psychological capital plays a full mediating role between authentic leadership and subordinate proactive behavior; (3) Compassion at work has a moderating effect on the positive relationship between authentic leadership and subordinate psychological capital and proactive behavior.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright © 2018 Hu, Wu, Zong, Xiao, Maguire, Qu, Wei and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Cite as: Hu Y, Wu X, Zong Z, Xiao Y, Maguire P, Qu F, Wei J and Wang D (2018) Authentic Leadership and Proactive Behavior: The Role of Psychological Capital and Compassion at Work. Front. Psychol. 9:2470. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02470
Keywords:	authentic leadership; proactive behavior; psychological capital; compassion at work; social information processing;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
Item ID:	13099
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02470
Depositing User:	Phil Maguire
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2020 16:50
Journal or Publication Title:	Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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