du Plessis, MarietaBoshoff, Adré B2021-12-062021-12-062018du Plessis, M., & Boshoff, A. B. (2018). Authentic leadership, followership, and psychological capital as antecedents of work engagement. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 28(1), 26-32, https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2018.14388321815-5626https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2018.1438832http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7060The present study investigated authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour influences on work engagement of employees . Respondents were 901 South African employees within the healthcare industry organisation (n = 647) and mining industry (n = 254) . The employees completed questionnaires on authentic leadership, psychological capital, and followership behaviour, and work engagement . Results following structural equation modelling and mediation analysis suggest work engagement to be explained by the psychological capital of the employee rather than by authentic leadership qualities . Improving employee psychological capital has the potential to enhance the levels of work engagement of employees.enAuthentic leadershipHealthcare industryMining industryPositive organisational behaviourPsychological capitalArticle