ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship of authentic leadership,job engagement and turnover intention in civil servants of tax system. METHODS: A total of 414 tax system civil servants were selected from 8 local tax bureaus and 6national tax bureaus by convenience sampling as the study subjects. They were investigated by the questionnaires of Authentic Leadership Scale,Job Engagement Scale and Turnover Intention Scale. RESULTS: The average scores of authentic leadership,job engagement and turnover intention in the 414 tax system civil servants were( 3. 28 ± 0. 76),( 3. 56 ±0. 68) and( 2. 50 ± 0. 90) respectively. There were 69 servants( 16. 7 %) and 77 servants( 18. 6 %) in the high turnover intention group and low turnover intention group respectively. Authentic leadership was positively related to job engagement[correlation coefficient( r) = 0. 376,P < 0. 01] but negatively correlated with turnover intention( r =- 0. 357,P <0. 01). The job engagement was negatively correlated with turnover intention( r =- 0. 425,P < 0. 01). Job engagement was the intermediate( 41. 7 % of the total effect) variable between authentic leadership and turnover intention. CONCLUSION: The job engagement of civil servants in the tax system partially mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and turnover intention.