Abstract:

Authentic leadership and collective efficacy can be influential in increasing team performance in the healthcare sector. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the interaction between authentic leadership, collective efficacy and performance and to determine whether collective activity has an mediating role in the impact of authentic leadership on performance. The research was carried out in the health services sector. The reason why this study is carried out in the health sector is that effective leadership and high-level team performance have a direct impact on human health in this sector, where labour and specialisation are at a high level. Therefore, the findings obtained in the research may benefit decision makers, literature, as well as human health directly and indirectly. In this research, the e- survey method was used as a data collection tool. Data was provided from 291 health workers working in public and private health institutions in Gaziantep province with the simple random sampling method, which is one of the random sampling methods. The model created was tested with the structural equality model established. In the study, it was seen that authentic leadership positively affected both collective efficacy and team performance. There is a strong and positive level of interaction between collective activity and team performance. In this study, it was also seen that collective activity has an mediating role in the impact of authentic leadership on team performance. This issue needs to be taken into account in improving team performance. It should be noted that executives' inclusion of collective efficacy in authentic leadership approaches can further improve team performance. There are few studies in the literature in which authentic leadership, collective efficacy and performance interaction are considered as a whole. It is thought that the researchers working in this field in different sectors and different regions will contribute to the literature. It is also recommended to investigate the impact of other types of leadership on both collective efficacy and performance.

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