Handling Editor: M. Mumford While authentic leadership (AL) has seen a dramatic increase in scholarly attention over the last decade, its contribution relative to more established leadership constructs merits investigation. We employ meta-analytic techniques to compare AL and transformational leadership theories using 100 independent samples and 25,452 individuals. The findings reveal that (1) ...

. Perceived organizational support has been raised as work backbone of employee in the organization and the psychological contracts are also a set of promises that top managers give to support their employees. Therefore, violation of this contract not only involves depriving organizational support, but also reduces the employee's belongings. The main purpose of this paper was to examine the imp...

We examine the implications of a firm outsourcing both (i) security device management which attempts to prevent security breaches and (ii) security monitoring which attempts to detect security breaches to managed security service providers (MSSPs). In the context of security outsourcing, the firm not only faces the traditional moral hazard problem as it cannot observe an MSSP’s prevention or de...

Abstract Current recruitment and retention issues within the armed forces draw links with breach of psychological contract – dynamics employee–employer relationship. Compared civilian contexts, a military position is unique, however, there dearth conceptual investigation regarding lived experiences personnel, particularly respect to how such contracts form. This paper combined phenomenological ...