The moderating role of self-perception in the effect of authentic leadership perception of employees on job stress and staff empowerment

The main purpose of this research is to determine whether the self-perception has a moderating role in the effect of the authentic leadership perceptions of the employees in a private enterprise operating in the province of Kırşehir on job stress and personnel empowerment. The population of the research consists of the employees of sugar factories operating in the Central Anatolia Region. The sample consists of the employees in the sugar factory operating in the center of Kırşehir. In order to determine the relationships between the variables in the research, a questionnaire was applied to 203 employees of a private sugar factory in Kırşehir. In this study, data collection tools, hypotheses, statistical results of the demographic characteristics of the participants were mentioned. The data in the 198 questionnaires obtained were analyzed using the SPSS package program and the reliability, validity, hierarchical regression and correlation analyzes of the scales were interpreted. In addition, T-test and ANOVA analyzes were used to determine whether there were significant differences in the perceptions of the relevant variables according to the descriptive characteristics of the participants. According to the results obtained from this study, a positive and statistically significant relationship was found between authentic leadership and personnel empowerment. However, self-perception of authentic leadership and staff empowerment; It has also been determined that it has a regulatory role in the relationship between authentic leadership and job stress. The findings obtained from the research were discussed within the framework of the literature and it is thought that these results will contribute to the literature conceptually.