Abstract: The purpose of this research is to examine whether there is a relationship between authentic leadership and organizational gossip behavior. For this purpose, 262 data were collected using a random sampling method from employees of a manufacturing company operating in both national and international markets in Konya. The survey used as a data collection method included demographic questions to get to know the participants, an authentic leadership scale, and an organizational gossip scale. The research hypotheses were tested with Pearson analysis. As a result of the analysis, a negative significant relationship was found between employees' authentic leadership perception and organizational gossip behavior........
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