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AU  - Sha, Chengcheng 
AU  - Li, Manyuan 
AU  - Pan, Xiaolei 

TI  - Authentic leadership and workplace deviance: The mediating roles of psychological capital and organizational identification in the era of artificial intelligence
T2  - Journal of Psychology in Africa

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SN  - 1815-5626

AB  - This study explores how authentic leadership reduces workplace deviance behavior in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) through a chain mediation mechanism involving positive psychological capital and organizational identification. The sample comprised 619 business professionals who regularly used AI tools in their work (52% male; M = 34 years, 20.7% from the service education). The results revealed a significant workplace deviance behavior to be lower with authentic leadership. Organizational identification mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and workplace deviance behavior for lower workplace deviance. Although positive psychological capital alone did not mediate this relationship, it exerted an indirect effect on workplace deviance behavior by enhancing employees’organizational identification. These findings suggest that, in the context of AI, authentic leadership can effectively mitigate workplace deviant behaviors by strengthening employees’ psychological resources and fostering stronger identification with the organization. Therefore, human resource departments should actively identify and support managers who demonstrate authentic leadership qualities.
KW  - Authentic leadership; positive psychological capital; organizational identification; workplace deviance behavior; the era of AI

DO  - 10.32604/jpa.2026.074832