THE LEADER'S CONSCIOUS AUTHENTICITY INDEX AS A BENCHMARK FOR LEADERSHIP STYLE PREFERENCE AND THE NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

The text presents one possible concept for identifying the intensity, degree, and level of leader authenticity in the context of leadership styles and prevailing characteristics of the organizational environment, with the potential overlap in terms of the possibilities of cultivating and developing qualities that foster authenticity. The paper introduces partial outcomes of pilot re-search in this area. The first part discusses the framework of the organizational environment nature and presents an index of conscious authenticity for leadership. The next part discusses the center of gravity of variations in people's leadership styles in relation to the characteristics of the organizational environment. The final part presents the partial results of the pilot survey in the context of the Conscious Authenticity Index, leadership styles centers of gavity in relation to the characteristics of the organizational environment and Generations X, Y, and Z. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]