Paternalistic Leadership and Innovative Behavior: Psychological Empowerment as a Mediator

Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov, Faridun Bozorov and Sanghyun Sung
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Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov: School of Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
Faridun Bozorov: School of Business, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
Sanghyun Sung: POSTECH Entrepreneurship Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of empowerment on the relationship between paternalistic leadership styles such as benevolent, moral, and authoritarian and employee innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach: The data were collected from 390 employees of manufacturing companies in the Republic of Korea. To assess the validity of hypotheses we used a structural equation modeling procedure. Findings: The findings suggest that empowerment mediates the relationships among moral and authoritarian leadership styles and employee innovative behavior. However, results indicate that employee innovative behavior does not mediate the associations between benevolent leadership style and employee innovative behavior. Originality/value: Our work is the first to investigate the mediating role of empowerment on the link between paternalistic leadership styles such as benevolent, moral, and authoritarian and employee innovative behavior.

Keywords: benevolent leadership; moral leadership; authoritarian leadership; empowerment; employee innovative behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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