.... The participants were 379 leader–employee dyads from 106 teams in China. Findings The results indicate that leaders exhibiting authentic leadership trigger employees’ self-verification, which promotes their voice. In addition, these relationships are strengthened when employees’ self-verification striving...

...Zhining Wang; Yanying Yao; Shaohan Cai Purpose Based on self-verification theory, this study examines the impact of authentic leadership on employee expediency in China. Specifically, the authors investigate the mediating effects of self-verification striving on this relationship, as well...