...Simon C.H. Chan Purpose Using a multilevel model, this study examined how paternalistic leadership behaviors, including authoritarianism, morality and benevolence, influence followers' performance. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 556 leader–follower dyads from 66 groups...

...Jinyun Duan; Xiaotian Wang; Ye Liu; Lifeng Han Purpose Integrating the pathway model of meaningful work and the intrinsic motivation principle of creativity, the authors investigate why, when and how paternalistic leadership relates to employee creativity in the Chinese organizational context...

...Chi-Sum Wong; Junbang Lan; Kelly Z. Peng; Joyce Iun Purpose Proponents of paternalistic leadership argue that a paternalistic leader is authoritative and at the same time, a benevolent and moral individual, and this style is effective in non-Western societies. However, past empirical studies...

...Wai Kwan Lau; Loan N.T. Pham; Lam Dang Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to lay the necessary conceptual and empirical groundwork that advances knowledge about paternalistic leadership (PL). PL is reinterpreted as a leadership style consisting of authoritative, moral and benevolent...

...Dan Nie; Anna-Maija Lämsä Purpose The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of paternalistic leadership behaviour in the Finnish organisational context by investigating its relationship with Chinese immigrant employees’ occupational well-being. Design/methodology/approach...

...Zeynep Hale Öner Purpose The purpose of this study is to test an adaptation of the servant leadership survey to Turkey for the first time and to explore the relationship between perceptions of servant leadership and paternalistic leadership styles in the Turkish business context to contribute...