Abstract
Inadequacies of seasoned leadership styles and unethical leadership practices have resulted in many negative consequences for individuals and organizations. Authentic leadership is a character-driven leadership model equipped with morality, integrity, and authenticity but little is known whether authentic leadership can impact workplace incivility-a deviant work behavior. Workplace incivility, with its deteriorating consequences, is a prevalent phenomenon in organization irrespective of country origin or nature of the organization. Indeed, the research community has paid little attention to this area. This study, drawing on Social Learning Theory and Leader-Member Exchange Theory, attempts to fill this gap. This study also attempts to identify the mediating mechanism through which authentic leaders translate their positive influence. Based on data collected from 127 respondents from the healthcare sector in Karachi, this study employs AMOS and PROCESS to determine the goodness of model fit and to test proposed hypotheses respectively. Findings of this research suggest that authentic leaders negatively influence workplace incivility. Ethical climate partially mediates the impact of authentic leadership on workplace incivility. This study has significant theoretical implications.
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