Abstract
We propose a new construct-role-based paternalistic exchange, or followers' awareness of and engagement in a family-like exchange relationship with leaders that builds upon both leaders' parent-like role and followers' child-like obligation. We use this construct to explain the joint effect of leader authoritarianism and benevolence, the essential components of paternalistic leadership, on two culture-specific follower outcomes in Chinese settings: emic organizational citizenship behavior and deference to supervisor. Using three independent samples, we develop a unidimensional measure. We then employ another sample to test how leader authoritarianism and benevolence relate to role-based paternalistic exchange and, thereby, the two follower outcomes indirectly. Our results indicate that, in contrast to authoritarianism- or benevolence-dominant paternalistic leadership, classical paternalistic leadership (the balanced display of leader authoritarianism and benevolence) has the greatest potential to facilitate role-based paternalistic exchange, which, in turn, positively relates to the two follower outcomes. These results suggest that role-based paternalistic exchange advances our understanding of how paternalistic leadership enhances emic outcomes in Chinese settings.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 433-455 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Asia Pacific Journal of Management |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Corresponding author email
wac@ceibs.eduKeywords
- Authoritarianism
- Benevolence
- Deference to supervisor
- Organizational citizenship behavior
- Paternalistic leadership
- Polynomial regression
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- ABDC-A
- Scopus
- SSCI
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Wang, A.-C. A., Lin, Y.-C., Chen, Y., Hsu, M.-S., & Tsai, C.-Y. (2022). Role-based paternalistic exchange: Explaining the joint effect of leader authoritarianism and benevolence on culture-specific follower outcomes. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39(2), 433-455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-020-09732-y