Conceptualization and Research Trends on Authentic Leadership

摘要

The objective of this research was to study and understand the conceptualization of authentic leadership and to discover trends including points of interest for studies of authentic leadership. The study model was a systematic review of the literature and a research synthesis, the researcher conducted this research by searching and studying from secondary data including related research and content from journals within the scope of Business, Management and Accounting that appear in the Scopus Database from years 2010-2018. The researcher selected the documents according to the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, to obtain the research that has characteristics that are consistent with the research objectives. The results of the research showed that the studies of authentic leadership have been steadily increasing since 1990. 2010 was the year with the most published research on authentic leadership with 173 studies accounting for 13.27% of all studies. There was an increase in the number of studies (124) from 2010, representing a 253.06% growth. A total of 21 qualifying studies found that 15 studies were study of the relationship between authentic leadership and behavioral expression of subordinates, and the remaining 6 studies were study to investigate the antecedents of authentic leadership. In addition, in the context of concepts related to authentic leadership, the researchers found that authentic leadership behaviors can be divided into four sub-dimensions: self-awareness, relational transparency, internalized personal perspective, and balance processing. These behaviors positively affect practical outcomes such as developing team psychological safe climate, motivating the team, and decreasing employee turnover intention.