| Why Paternalistic Leadership Cannot Behave Ethically? The Mechanism of Abusive Supervision in Territorial Conflict between Leader and Subordinate |
Received:October 13, 2017 Revised:October 13, 2017 |
Key Words: Paternalistic leadership; psychological ownership; territorial behaviour; interpersonal conflict; abusive supervision |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Lei Ju | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | | Haofan Li | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | | Wanyu Zhao* | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | | Emad Elwakil | Purdue University |
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Abstract: |
| The objective of this study was to reveal the influence mechanism of paternalistic leadership on abusive supervision. We use the structural equation modelling(SME) to analyse a questionnaire survey from 389 employees in China, it was found that (1) paternalistic leadership has a direct impact on abusive supervision; (2) authoritarian leadership has a direct positive impact on abusive supervision; moral leadership has indirect effect on abusive supervision; (3) moral leadership has indirect effect on abusive supervision, yet it can affect abusive supervision through the mediating effect of psychological ownership, territorial behaviour and interpersonal conflict. |
