Paternalistic Leadership and Its Effects：A Scenario Study
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
Niu, Chun-Pai
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Since the theory of paternalistic leadership（PL）was established, there has been an increasing number of empirical studies was proposed. These studies got their own significant and unique effects on employees’ work efficiency in Chinese organizations could compare with the Western transformational leadership. However, a few gaps of PL were not explored in the previous studies. For instance, the full interactive model between PL (benevolence leadership, authoritarian leadership, and moral leadership) and subordinate’s positive response (gratitude and repay, dependence and compliance, respect and identification) is not fully verified; the effect of employees’ cognitive process on PL is not included; and all the past studies were conducted based on questionnaires. To complete the whole picture, this study verifies whether the leadership will only take effect on condition that PL behavior must first lead out subordinate’s positive responses. Additionally, to take account of the employees’ cognitive process, this study tests whether the employee’s prototypes of leadership could influence the effectiveness of the actual leader behaviors. Finally, as the previous studies used survey only but the model needs multiple methods to increase its robustness, this study uses the scenario experiment with participants of 265 employees from different industries. We found that: (1) the effect of benevolence leadership and moral leadership on subordinate effort intention is indeed mediated by subordinates’ positive responses, but authoritarian leadership has no effect on subordinates’ intentions of effort and positive responses; (2) the benevolence leadership and moral leadership positively interact with subordinate positive responses and intentions of effort; (3) the benevolence prototype has a moderating effect on the relationship between benevolence and subordinate responses. Finally, directions for follow-up studies are offered, the implications for leadership theory and its practice are also discussed.
Subjects
家長式領導
感恩圖報
敬畏順從
認同效法
領導範型
努力意願
paternalistic leadership
gratitude and repay
dependence and compliance
respect and identification
leadership prototype
effort intention
Type
other
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