PENGARUH AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP TERHADAP PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL MELALUI PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT

The low psychological capital of administrative employees at PT Yakult Pekanbaru cannot be separated from the context of leadership and the existing work environment. The influence of Authentic Leadership on psychological capital is the main concern in this study. This study aims to investigate the influence of Authentic Leadership on psychological capital with Psychological Empowerment as a Mediating Variable. A quantitative study through a causality study design and the population were the administrative employees of PT Yakult Indonesia Persada Pekanbaru Branch were used in this study. The data collection technique used a questionnaire. The data analysis instrument in this study was Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) processed using SmartPLS 3.2.9 to process the data. The findings of this study are that Authentic Leadership has a positive and significant effect on Psychological Empowerment, and Authentic Leadership has no impact on psychological capital either directly or mediated by Psychological Empowerment. Likewise, Psychological Empowerment has no effect on psychological capital.