The aim of this paper is to explore the uthentic leadership styles of an entrepreneur and its impact on mployee’s ommitment and satisfaction. By using the uthentic leadership model, this study seeks to carry out a tentative test of the connection among employees’ awareness of the business creator as an authentic leader and the employees’ attitudes. Findings suggest that employee's opinion towards authentic leadership serves as the intoxicating analyst of employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
DOI: j.msl.2012.08.007 Keywords: Leadership ,Entrepreneurs ,SME How to cite this paper: Abid, T., Altafa, M., Yousaf, U & Bagram, M. (2012). Entrepreneur as an authentic leader: A study of small and medium sized nterprises in Pakistan.Management Science Letters, 2(7), 2355-2360.
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