Investigating the Relationship between Authentic Leadership and Organizational Health: The Mediating Role of the Psychological Capital

The present study investigates the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational health considering the mediating role of psychological capital among the staff of Central Organization of Farhangian Teacher Education University (FTEU). This is a practical research in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study was all the employees of the Central Organization of Farhangian Teacher Education University. Based on the Morgan table, 140 were selected out of 230 staff as the sample. In order to collect data, three questionnaires such as authentic leadership, psychological capital, and organizational health were used. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of psychological capital and organizational health came out to be 0.91, 0.86 and 0.89 respectively.In this research, structural equations model and confirmatory factor analysis have been used for authentic leadership, psychological capital and organizational health which have been analyzed by Smart PLS software. The results indicate that the mediating variable of psychological capital has a fairly complete effect on the relationship between authentic leadership and organizational health, and authentic leadership with an impact on psychological capital can play a significant role in organizational health.