THE IMPACT OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP STYLE ON CHANGES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION MEDIATED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN KENDARI CITY GOVERNMENT

Abstract Leadership plays an important role in influencing employee behavior in the organization. The purpose of this research was to examine and analyze the influence of authentic leadership style on psychological empowerment, organizational commitment, and employee job satisfaction, as well as to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment on these influences. The object of this research was civil servants in 20 departments in Kendari City. The population of this study included all civil servants in the Kendari City Department, where the respondents for this study only included 266 civil servants. The data collection method uses a questionnaire and the analysis tool used is SEM Amos The results revealed that authentic leadership style had a positive and significant influence on changes in psychological empowerment, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. Furthermore, psychological empowerment has a positive and significant influence on organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Finally, psychological empowerment was found to partially mediate the influence of authentic leadership style on organizational commitment, and also the influence of authentic leadership style on employee job satisfaction.