Abstract:

The importance of the authentic leadership behavior of managers in agricultural enterprises is not considered too much in the framework of the organizational behavior in which the self-perception of employees and how much it affects staff strengthening and work stress. In this context, the universe of research is formed by employees of sugar factories that operate in the Inner Anadolu Region. The example is the employees of the sugar factory that operates in the centre of Kırşehir. In the study, 203 employees of a special sugar factory in Kırşehir were surveyed to determine the relationships between the variables. The data in the 198 survey form received were analyzed using the SPSS package program and the scale reliability, validity, hierarchical regression and correlation analysis were interpreted. The results from this study have found a positive and statistically meaningful relationship between authentic leadership and staff strengthening. However, self-perception has also been found to have a regulatory role in the relationship between authentic leadership and staff strengthening; authentic leadership and business stress. The main purpose of this research is to determine whether the authentic leadership perceptions of employees in a private enterprise operating in the province of Kırşehir have a regulatory role in the impact of work stress and staff strengthening. The findings obtained from the research have been discussed in the literary framework and it is believed that these findings will contribute significantly to literature.

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