TITLE:
The Influence of Paternalistic Leadership on the Creative Behavior of Knowledge Workers-Based on the Perspective of Psychological Contractual Perception
AUTHORS:
Yashu Wu
KEYWORDS:
Paternalistic Leadership, Psychological Contract Perception, Employees’ Innovative Behavior
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.6 No.2,
April
30,
2018
ABSTRACT: Employee innovation is the foundation of enterprise innovation. Each knowledge
worker should be an innovation unit. This reminds managers that they
need to examine their own behaviors and methods in the process of organization
and management from the perspective of employees. This study is based
on the perspective of social exchange theory. Through the combination of interviews
and questionnaire surveys, we have referenced domestic and international
scales, and analyzed the paternalistic leadership style, psychological
contractual awareness, and employee innovation behavior using statistical
methods such as correlation analysis and regression analysis. The relationship
between paternalistic leadership and the employee’s innovative behavior was
discussed. The results of this study show that: 1) In the unidimensional analysis,
there is a positive relationship among benevolent leadership in paternalistic
leadership, psychological and psychological perception, and employee innovation
behavior; 2) Authoritarian leadership and psychological contract
perception, there is a negative correlation between employee innovation behaviors;
3) There is a significant positive relationship between psychological
contract perception and employee innovation behavior.