The impact of authentic leadership on employee engagement and productivity in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Mapurisa, Tapiwa Victor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-05T09:58:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-05T09:58:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits Administration School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To be able to understand how personality traits i.e. honesty-humility and leadership styles affect engagement/productivity in the workplace, this study has been conducted. 160 participants participated in a field study to explore the link between honesty-humility, authentic leadership, and employee engagement/productivity. Correlation and regression analyses were used to test hypotheses. Employee engagement/productivity is impacted by honesty-humility, and authentic leadership enhances honesty-humility. Honesty-humility should be examined in relation to other leadership styles in future studies. This relationship can also be further explored across different cultures through further studies. Authentic leadership can foster engagement within an organization by creating an environment that is conducive to employee engagement through positive leadership behaviour. In this study, the honesty-humility dimension is added to the established Big Five model to expand the model to include consideration of individual differences. Authentic leadership is also examined in relation to personality traits and engagement, as a moderating effect | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mapurisa, Tapiwa Victor. (2023). The impact of authentic leadership on employee engagement and productivity in South Africa [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40571 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/40571 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | WITS Business School | |
| dc.subject | HEXACO | |
| dc.subject | Big Five | |
| dc.subject | Authentic leadership | |
| dc.subject | Engagement | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-8: Decent work and economic growth | |
| dc.title | The impact of authentic leadership on employee engagement and productivity in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |