The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Innovative Work Behaviour: Mediating Roles of Proactive Personality and Employee Engagement.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of authentic leadership and
proactive personality on innovative work behavior through dual mediation approach.
This study applied a judgment sampling technique and data were gathered from
311 high-tech manufacturing industries of Shenzhen, China. The measurement model
and structural model were tested using structural equation modeling technique
through AMOS 24 software. The results indicate that authentic leadership has a
positive and significant effect on proactive personality. Meanwhile, findings show
that proactive personality has a significant impact on innovative work behavior.
Moreover, findings show that proactive personality positively mediates the relationship
between authentic leadership and innovative work behavior. Furthermore, findings
illustrate that work engagement positively mediates the relationship between proactive
personality and innovative work behavior. This study provides insightful and valuable
implications to high-tech manufacturing industries executives and regulators interested
in organizational productivity.