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The topics of leadership and power have attracted considerable interest from both practitioners and academics in recent years. We study the relation between Authentic Leadership (Ethics, Preferences of others, Listening to opposers, admitting mistakes, and considering the opinion of others) and Power (Coercive power, Reward Power, Legitimate Power, Expert Power and Referent Power). The study aims to identify this relation in the Egyptian environment, and to highlight the main factors influencing Egyptian public employees. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 105 Egyptian public employees from the Ministry of Social Security. Different age groups and different work levels were investigated. Hypotheses were tested and analyzed by means of a mean differences and a correlation analysis. It was found that Ethics is the most important authentic leadership feature in Egypt and some of the features of Authentic Leadership have a positive relation with Power in the Egyptian environment. Findings of this study provide theoretical implications and practical hints to researchers.

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