The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of authentic leadership (AL) as a mediator between job satisfaction (JS) and workplace deviant behaviors (WDB) and to investigate the influence of JS on WDB. For this investigation, data were collected from 553 faculty members who were employed at private institutions situated in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, and Sindh. SPSS and Amos were implemented to analyze the data. Confirmatory factor analysis was implemented to evaluate the hypotheses. The correlation results indicate a substantial negative correlation between JS and WDB (r = -.324) and AL and WDB (r = -.364). Additionally, there is a substantial positive correlation between JS and AL (r =.306). The association between JS and WDB was partially mediated by AL, as confirmed by structural equation modeling.