Authentic Leadership & Positive Psychology Discussing Potential Benefits

Authentic Leadership & Positive Psychology

Discussing Potential Benefits

Older Theories e.g. TransactionalOlder Theories e.g. Transactional

Positive PsychologyPositive Psychology

Transformational LeadershipTransformational Leadership

Authentic LeadershipAuthentic Leadership

Moral and Charismatic aspectsMoral and Charismatic aspects

VSVS

Styles of LeadingStyles of Leading

Focus on the personFocus on the person

Intrinsic qualities – Authenticity, strong Intrinsic qualities – Authenticity, strong

sense of self, awareness, regulationsense of self, awareness, regulation

Less focus on behaviourLess focus on behaviour

•self-awareness

•unbiased processing

•authentic behaviour

•authentic relational orientation

Illies, Morgeson and Nahrgang (2005)Illies, Morgeson and Nahrgang (2005)

•balanced processing

•relational transparency

•internalized moral perspective

•self-awareness

Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner,

Wernsing & Peterson (2008)Wernsing & Peterson (2008)

These factors correlated with a host of important These factors correlated with a host of important organizational outcomes :organizational outcomes :

- citizenship behaviourcitizenship behaviour

- job satisfactionjob satisfaction

- organizational commitment organizational commitment

- follower job performance follower job performance

Indirect effects that potentially lead to Well-beingIndirect effects that potentially lead to Well-being

Relationship between leader behaviour and :Relationship between leader behaviour and :- subordinate reports of work stress subordinate reports of work stress

- prediction of psychiatric disturbance prediction of psychiatric disturbance - mood of individuals and group processes mood of individuals and group processes

- hope and resiliencehope and resilience- medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow - actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work

(i.e. eudaimonic well-being (i.e. eudaimonic well-being

Leaders should invest in developing a sense of authenticityLeaders should invest in developing a sense of authenticity- Training programmes?Training programmes?- that challenge their status-quo that challenge their status-quo - move them out of their comfort-zonemove them out of their comfort-zone- Assess their self awareness…..Assess their self awareness…..- increase leaders’ positive impact on followers’ health and how followers increase leaders’ positive impact on followers’ health and how followers

construe their work and tasks. construe their work and tasks.

- Health costs on the increase at work. Could this be of significant benefit Health costs on the increase at work. Could this be of significant benefit to organisations?to organisations?

- Malta?Malta?

- medium for followers to acquire high degrees medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow - eudaimonicof flow - eudaimonic

- positively related to followers Subjective Well-positively related to followers Subjective Well-Being (general happiness) -hedonicBeing (general happiness) -hedonic

FLOW - actualization and fulfillment from one’s FLOW - actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and worktask and work