Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 145-152.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2025.20230142

• Management Science • Previous Articles    

Impact of Paternalistic Leadership on Employees’ Work Behaviors: Based on Latent Profile Analysis Method

Lan-xia ZHANG(), Yong-xin YANG, Song-yan ZHAO   

  1. School of Business Administration,Northeastern University,Shenyang 110169,China.
  • Received:2023-05-26 Online:2025-03-15 Published:2025-05-29
  • Contact: Lan-xia ZHANG

Abstract:

By using the latent profile analysis method, based on 564 questionnaire survey data, the types of paternalistic leadership in enterprises were divided, and further exploration was conducted on the impact of different types of paternalistic leadership on differences in employee work behavior, including both in-role behaviors and extra-role behaviors. It was shown that the paternalistic leadership in enterprises can be divided into four types, which are named high authoritarian leadership, enlightened leadership, low authoritarian leadership and balanced leadership. Among them, the level of employees’ in-role behaviors and extra-role behaviors under the influence of enlightened leadership is the highest, followed by the low authoritarian leadership. There is no significant difference in the level of employees’ in-role behaviors under the balanced leadership and high authoritarian leadership is higher. However, the level of employees’ extra-role behaviors under the balanced leadership. This study not only reveals the heterogeneity of paternalistic leadership, enriches the theoretical system of paternalistic leadership, but also provides the beneficial guidance for enterprises management practices.

Key words: paternalistic leadership, in-role behavior, extra-role behavior, latent profile analysis(LPA), social exchange theory

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