Authentic Leadership: New Approach for Intelligent Hospital

The authentic leadership is a kind of behavioral pattern of leadership based on ethical perspectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational intelligence in Imam Reza Hospital in Kermanshah.
This research endeavor was an applied and correlational study. 291 participants from Emam Reza hospital were selected by random sampling. Data collected by using 2 standard questionnaires (Gardner et al. for authentic leadership) and (Albrecht for organizational intelligence). Data from the questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS 21. In order to analyze the data, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used.
The results showed that there is a positive correlation between authentic leadership and organizational intelligence (r = 0.525,
p Applying the authentic leadership style can improve the organizational intelligence.