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<p>This study aimed to investigate the impact of authentic leadership on employees’ career satisfaction and to explore the mediating role of thriving at work. Using a three-wave time-lagged design, data were collected from 320 employees working in the university sector of Pakistan. Grounded in social exchange theory, it was hypothesized that authentic leadership would have a positive effect on employees’ career satisfaction. Additionally, the study proposed that thriving at work would serve as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between authentic leadership and career satisfaction. The findings supported both hypotheses, demonstrating that authentic leadership significantly enhances career satisfaction, and that thriving at work partially mediates this relationship.</p>

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How Authentic Leadership Enhances Employees’ Career Satisfaction: the Mediating Role of Thriving at Work

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年2月16日

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  • Tahir Farid,
  • Sadaf Iqbal,
  • Ayesha Maid,
  • Mohammad A. Algarni,
  • Saleh Bajaba

摘要

This study aimed to investigate the impact of authentic leadership on employees’ career satisfaction and to explore the mediating role of thriving at work. Using a three-wave time-lagged design, data were collected from 320 employees working in the university sector of Pakistan. Grounded in social exchange theory, it was hypothesized that authentic leadership would have a positive effect on employees’ career satisfaction. Additionally, the study proposed that thriving at work would serve as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between authentic leadership and career satisfaction. The findings supported both hypotheses, demonstrating that authentic leadership significantly enhances career satisfaction, and that thriving at work partially mediates this relationship.