Authentic Leadership and Work Engagement of School Heads as Mediators of Self-Efficacy

This study determines the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement of school heads in public schools of the Island Garden City of Samal. The quantitative research design was utilized with 300 public elementary and secondary school teachers in the Island Garden City of Samal. Through non-experimental, quantitative, and mediation analysis, data were gathered through a survey and were analyzed using the Mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Path analysis. The study's findings revealed a very high result regarding the level of Authentic Leadership, Self-efficacy, and Work Engagement among school heads as perceived by the teachers. Also, the result showed a significant relationship between authentic leadership, work engagement of school heads, and self-efficacy. However, on the singular capacity of these variables, only partial mediation was observed on the mediating effect of Self-Efficacy in the relationship between Authentic Leadership and Work Engagement.