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The aim of the study is to replicate recent researches linking authentic leadership to job embeddedness and emotional exhaustion and to extend the knowledge of these relationships by examining the mediating role of work engagement. The suggested framework was scrutinized through data gathered from hotel employees in Antalya, Turkey. 290 employees in five stars hotels participated in the survey. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test measurement model and regression analyses were conducted to examine research model. The results depicted that authentic leadership increased work engagement and embeddedness of the workers; on the other hand, it negatively affected emotional exhaustion. Additionally, work engagement acted as a partial mediator on the relationship between authentic leadership and job embeddedness. Discussion part including implications and limitations with future directions were drawn at the end of the study.

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