The effect of authenic leadership on human resource creativity: Mediating role of internal motivation(Case study: staff in University of Kashan)

Authenic leaders, through their particular efforts in higher education, can excite the inner motivation of the workforce to develop creative behaviors. Thus this research was effect of authenic leadership on human resource creativity with mediating role of internal motivation. Research type was descriptive correlative and statistical population consisted all of staffs' in University of Kashan (N=547) that by using Cochran Formula and strafied randomized sampling 230 ones were chosen as sample. To gathering datas used from authenic leadership, creativity and internal motivation standard questionnaires. Questionnaires constuction validity through confirmed factor analysis confrimed. Through Cronbach alpha coefficient, questionnaires reliability were obtained equal to 0.88 for authenic leadership, 0.85 for creativity and 0.94 for internal motivation. Data analyses done in two level descriptive & inferential statistics through Spss & Amos softwares. Finding showed mean of variables and components of authenic leadership, creativity and internal motivation were upper than average. Correlation coefficient showed authenic leadership 0.49 and internal motivation 0.34 on creativity have positive & significant effect.