| PATERNALISTIC LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: INFLUENCES OF VOICE BEHAVIOR AND POWER DISTANCE ORIENTATION. |
Received:October 12, 2017 Revised:October 12, 2017 |
Key Words: Employee creativity, paternalistic leadership, power distance orientation, voice behavior |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | WILLIAM ANSAH APPIENTI | university of Electronic Science and Technology of China | | Lu Chen* | . School of Economics and Management, Center for West African Studies, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
China Academy of Corporate Governance of Nankai University |
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Abstract: |
| This study examines the relationships among the three paternalistic leadership dimensions and employee creativity, mediation role of voice, and moderation role of power distance using data obtained from 324 supervisor–subordinate dyads in 26 manufacturing companies in Ghana. SEM analysis revealed that benevolent and moral leadership impacts positively with employee creativity, while authoritarian leadership impacts negatively with employee creativity. Promotive voice, mediates significantly the three types of paternalistic leadership and employee creativity but not prohibitive voice. Power distance significantly moderates all dimensions of paternalistic leadership and promotive voice but showed significant moderation effects only on benevolent leadership and prohibitive voice. Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71472024 & No. 71533002)and Center for Western African Studies of UESTC. Correspondence regarding this article should be addressed to Lu Chen (chenlu@uestc.edu.cn). |
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