Creating a Culture of Strength: Positive Workplace as a Catalyst for Authentic Leadership to Boost Employee Resilience

Authentic leadership builds psychological safety, boosts employee engagement and motivation, improves team performance, and fosters more ethical and resilient organizations by establishing deep trust. The present research investigates the impact of authentic leadership on the development of ethical organizational cultures, employee engagement, and resilience. Anchored in positive psychology and existentialism, authentic leadership leverages self-awareness, transparency, and moral integrity to cultivate trust and ethical environments. By conducting a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature published in last two decades, analyzes how authentic leaders drive psychological safety, well-being, and creativity, ultimately fostering ethical behavior and organizational resilience in volatile contexts. This review evaluates the relationship between authentic leadership and employee resilience by identifying thematic patterns and research gaps. The results indicate that authentic leadership significantly enhances motivation, job satisfaction, and ethical behavior, particularly in high-pressure or diverse settings. By establishing a framework for how these leadership traits support Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), this analysis provides actionable insights for fostering resilient and ethical organizational cultures. Moving forward, research should focus on the cross-cultural adaptability of authentic leadership and its effectiveness when combined with other situational leadership models.