THE EFFECT OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP ON JOB STRESS

The uncertainties experienced in the tourism sector together with the Covid-19 pandemic havecreated an important source of stress on the employees. In order to increase service qualityand ensure organizational success, this stress on employees must be reduced. In the research,the effect of the authentic leadership, which motivates the employees in such chaoticenvironments, was investigated. In accordance with the research purpose, a questionnaire wasapplied to hotel employees in the Alanya (n= 311). The data analyzed using SPSS 23.0package program. The results of the analysis show that all sub-dimensions of authenticleadership (self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing and internalizedmoral perspective) reduce work stress in employees. The research findings are of interest tomanagers in the tourism sector. In addition, the findings obtained as a result of this researchwill be a resource for the research in hotel industry.