Two-way in-/congruence in three components of paternalistic leadership and subordinate justice: the mediating role of perceptions of renqing

Han Ren, Zhengqiang Zhong, Charles Weizheng Chen () and Chris Brewster
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Han Ren: Sichuan University
Zhengqiang Zhong: Sichuan University
Charles Weizheng Chen: Sichuan University
Chris Brewster: University of Reading

Asian Business & Management, 2023, vol. 22, issue 2, No 9, 643-668

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the effects of two-way congruences and incongruences between three components of paternalistic leadership, namely, benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism, on overall subordinate justice perceptions. We hypothesize that these dyad in-/congruences would differentially predict subordinate overall justice perceptions, with perceptions of renqing as a mediator. With data collected from two-wave surveys in the People’s Republic of China, the results indicate that dyad congruences and incongruences between benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism have significant impacts on subordinate perceptions of renqing and, ultimately, their overall justice perception. Our findings underscore that to fully understand the influencing processes of paternalistic leadership on subordinate outcomes, it is important to take into account the context and the different combinations of its three dimensions.

Keywords: Paternalistic leadership; Components in-/congruence; Perceptions of renqing; Overall justice; Mediating mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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