The influence of Authentic Leadership on Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Exhaustion

• Main Authors: Chih-Yin Wang, 王之吟
• Other Authors: Wei-Li-Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87340904753468144777

碩士 === 健行科技大學 === 國際企業經營系碩士班 === 104 === "Authentic leadership" comes from the western positive leadership concept, referring to the leader to treat every employee in faithful behavior. This will increase the working involvement of employees and put effort together to the organization. Previous studies demonstrated that leadership behavior of authentic leader will actually influence employee working attitude or behavior and elevate organizational effectiveness to enable enterprises sustainable development. This study investigates how the manager’s authentic behavior will impact on employee''s emotional intelligence and emotional exhaustion. The study methodology adopted questionnaires and total obtained 107 valid questionnaires. The empirical results show: (1) the authentic leader has some significant impact on the employee’s emotional intelligence; (2) the authentic leader has some significant impact on employee''s emotional exhaustion. (3) employees’ emotional intelligence has no significant effect on employee''s emotional exhaustion. Finally, the study will further discuss the findings to propose management and practical implications and make concrete recommendations at the end of the study for future research directions.