Cross-Cultural Generalizability of Paternalistic Leadership: An Expansion of Leader-Member Exchange Theory
研究比较了美国与印度员工对家长式领导的态度，发现其对工作满意度的影响存在文化差异，但对领导-成员交换和组织承诺均有正向作用，表明家长式领导可能具有跨文化普适性。
Paternalism is an emerging concept with significant potential for international leadership research. Paternalistic leaders combine benevolence with authority. Paternalism is a prevalent leadership style in non-Western business organizations. In this article, the authors extend research on paternalism to the Western business context. They compare the attitudes of employees from the United States ( N = 215) and India ( N = 207) with respect to paternalistic leadership and its correlates. Paternalism had a significant positive effect on job satisfaction in India, but the relationship was not significant in the United States. In both cultural contexts, paternalistic leadership was positively related to leader—member exchange and organizational commitment. Results suggest paternalistic leadership may generalize across cultures.