The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Employee Creativity in Project Based Organizations (PBOs) of Pakistan: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect

Abstract

Authentic leadership is among those ideas which can help you in getting a competitive edge over your competitors and could help your organization be more sustainable in these challenging times. Employees look up to their leaders for guidance and expect their leaders to be transparent and authentic in whatever business practice they are involved in. Once employees have started idealizing their leaders and have developed loyalty towards the organization that they are part of, then there are high chances that productivity could be improved. This study has focused on the impact of Authentic leadership on Employee Creativity with the Mediating Role of Positive Affect. Previous studies have shown an association between Authentic leadership and employee creativity but none have shown an association between Authentic leadership and employee Creativity under the mediating role of positive affect in the project-based organizations of Pakistan. This study was conducted in the IT industry or Software houses of Pakistan because of the nature of their work and the importance of creativity in the IT industry (Software houses) of Pakistan. The data was collected through Virtual Questionnaires followed by the census method. The study is Quantitative and the Researcher was able to get 377 responses from employees working in various software houses. After carrying out the research through the application of statistical tools, the results came out to be aligned with the supporting theories and proved that Authentic leadership has a positive association with employee creativity. Furthermore, the regression analysis was also done to check the mediation effect in the study. Lastly, conclusions, and recommendations, were also added.