Spare the rod and spoil the child? A study on employee workplace deviant behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Lei Qi ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Kaixian Mao
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Workplace Deviance ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose In the background of the post-financial crisis era and the transition of China’s economic development, the frequent occurrence of workplace deviant behavior in the economic field, such as stealing, bribery, caused a huge impact on the enterprise. In recent years, the deviant behavior of employees has been increased noticeably. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of paternalistic leadership on employee deviant behavior in workplace. To have a deep understanding of the relationship between paternalistic leadership and employee deviant behavior, the author’s design rule oriented ethical climate and self-interest oriented ethical climate as two mediators in this research model. Design/methodology/approach Based on social learning theory and stressor-emotion model, this study conducts an investigation of influence mechanism between paternalistic leadership and workplace deviant behavior. Time-lagged data was collected from 226 employees from six cities in China. To test the hypothesis that the authors developed in this paper, the authors use empirical models from the existing literature about paternalistic leadership on employee deviant behavior. They establish multiple linear regressions to test the hypotheses. Findings This study reveals the direct effect of authoritarian leadership on employee deviant behavior and the moderated roles of benevolent leadership and moral leadership, also analysis the mediated mechanism of self-interest oriented ethical climate and rule oriented ethical climate. The results show that the higher the degree of authority leaders show in the organization, the easier to stimulate workplace deviance of employee, self-interest oriented ethical climate and rule oriented ethical climate play mediated role between authoritarian leadership and workplace deviant behavior. The interaction of benevolent leadership and moral leadership with authoritarian leadership can weaken the self-interest oriented ethical climate but has nothing to do with rule oriented ethical climate. Originality/value This study has three main contributions to the previous literature. First, this study explores the relationship between authoritarian leadership and employee workplace deviance, which could enrich the research on these negative behaviors in the Chinese context. Second, this study unpacks the “black box” in which authoritarian leadership influences employee workplace deviant behavior. Third, this study further examines the impacts of different combinations of the three factors of paternalistic leadership.

Paternalistic leadership and innovation: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojun Hou ◽  
Jin Hong ◽  
Kejia Zhu ◽  
Yu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Environmental Dynamism ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Exploratory Innovation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on how the three elements of paternalistic leadership – authoritarianism, benevolence and moral leadership – affect organizational innovation – both explorative and exploitative innovation – in Chinese enterprises. It also examines the moderating effect of environmental dynamism on the relationship between paternalistic leadership and organizational innovation. Design/methodology/approach Data on 190 superior–subordinate dyads are collected using questionnaire surveys. The supervisors are recruited from the MBA program in a famous university in the city of Hefei, China, who are also asked to distribute subordinate questionnaires to their subordinates. The hierarchical regression analysis is conducted to test the hypotheses by using SPSS 22.0. Findings The analysis of 190 superior–subordinate dyads shows that benevolent and authoritarian leadership is positively related to exploratory innovation, while moral leadership has no significant impact on exploratory innovation. The results also reveal that all three elements of paternalistic leadership is, in general, positively correlated with exploitative innovation. Furthermore, environmental dynamism moderates the relationship between paternalistic leadership and innovation. In a dynamic environment, moral leadership has a stronger positive effect on innovation, but only on exploratory innovation; whereas authoritarian leadership exerts more detrimental effects on both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Originality/value The current work contributes to understanding the relationship between paternalistic leadership and innovation in the Chinese cultural context by examining the effects of the three elements of paternalistic leadership separately and by showing how these effects can be moderated by environmental dynamism.

scholarly journals Hotel Employees’ Voice Behavior: The Role of Paternalistic Leadership and Organizational Identification

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Wen-Long Zhuang ◽  
Chun-Han Lee ◽  
Chung-Liang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the effect of paternalistic leadership (moral leadership, benevolent leadership, and authoritarian leadership) on hotel employees’ voice behavior and the moderating role of organizational identification. This study samples employees of five-star hotels in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Purposive sampling is used to distribute 450 questionnaires: 150 in northern Taiwan, 150 in central Taiwan, and 150 in southern Taiwan. The number of valid questionnaires was 359, and the effective questionnaire recovery rate was 79.78%. The analysis results indicate that (1) supervisors’ moral leadership negatively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (2) supervisors’ benevolent leadership positively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (3) supervisors’ authoritarian leadership negatively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (4) organizational identification moderates the relationship between moral leadership and voice behavior, (5) organizational identification moderates the relationship between benevolent leadership and voice behavior, and (6) organizational identification moderates the relationship between authoritarian leadership and voice behavior. This study also proposes managerial implications based on the analysis results. This research attempts to make contributions to the literatures of hospitality and tourism.

Exploring the influence of paternalistic leadership on voice behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 542-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Jia ◽  
Shunyi Zhou ◽  
Long Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxiao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Drawn upon the perspective of implicit voice theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying mechanism as well as the boundary effect in the relationship between paternalistic leadership and voice behavior. Design/methodology/approach Multiple-wave survey data from a sample of 368 employees in China were used to test the hypothesized moderated mediation model. Findings The findings show that both benevolent leadership and moral leadership related positively to voice behavior, whereas authoritative leadership played a negative role in influencing voice behavior. Employees’ implicit voice belief played a partial mediating role between paternalistic leadership and voice behavior. Furthermore, perceived HRM strength weakens both the mediation relationship among benevolent leadership, implicit voice belief and voice behavior, and the mediation relationship among moral leadership, implicit voice belief and voice behavior. However, the moderated mediation effect of implicit voice belief on the relationship between authoritative leadership and voice behavior is not significant. Practical implications Leaders are encouraged to behave benevolently and morally whereas to avoid excessive authoritative style at work, so that employees can be encouraged to speak out. Organizations are advised to introduce management practices like training and development sessions and to improve employees’ perceived HRM strength so that the implicit voice belief can be reduced, and the voice behavior can be stimulated. Originality/value The research provided a fresh theoretical perspective on the underlying mechanism between paternalistic leadership and employees’ voice behavior by unveiling employee implicit voice belief’s partial mediating role between paternalistic leadership and employee voice behavior. Furthermore, the study contributed to the literature of voice by adopting a more integrative perspective and exploring the role of the implementation of the organization’s system, i.e., perceived HRM strength that provided a boundary condition in the above mediation model.

Direct and indirect effects of ethical leadership on workplace deviance in public healthcare sector of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yasir ◽  
Amran Rasli
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Workplace Deviance ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Over the years, increased level of deviant behavior among the employees of public sector organizations has been observed. The situation is worst in the public healthcare sector of Pakistan, where numerous incidents of employee deviant behavior have been reported recently. This scenario is compelling scholars and practitioners to find appropriate solutions to address this issue. As previous literature lacks empirical evidence regarding the role of ethical leadership in establishing an ethical climate in order to minimize workplace deviance in the public healthcare sector. Thus, to fill this gap, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of organizational ethical climate as a mediator in the relationship between ethical leadership and workplace deviance in public healthcare sector of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach This study employed survey strategy, using quantitative method with a cross-sectional research design, and with multi-stage sampling technique. Two hundred and eighty nine usable questionnaires were collected from doctors and nurses. Further, Structural Equation Modeling was conducted in order to test the hypothesized model and determine the direct and indirect effects. Findings Results of this study revealed that ethical leadership negatively influenced workplace deviance. Ethical leadership was further found to have a positive effect on ethical climate. Moreover, the ethical climate had a negative relationship with workplace deviance. Finally, ethical climate mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and workplace deviance. Originality/value This study identified the significance of ethical leadership behavior which assists in establishing an ethical organizational climate leading towards less likelihood of the emergence of workplace deviance.

Trickle-down effect of benevolent leadership on unethical employee behavior: a cross-level moderated mediation model

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 721-740
Author(s):  
Jiang Rui ◽  
Lin Xinqi
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
Supervisor Leadership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Trickle Down

PurposeConducting research on the relationship between benevolent leadership and unethical employee behavior can help us find solutions to reduce unethical employee behavior. This paper also discusses how the benevolent manager leadership can be transmitted to the employee's unethical behavior through the benevolent supervisor leadership and the moderating effect of LMX and ethical climate.Design/methodology/approachThrough a questionnaire survey of 406 pairs of leaders, supervisor and employees, the authors use data aggregation test, confirmatory factor analysis, descriptive statistics and multilevel model (HLM) to test our hypothesis.Findings(1) Manager supervisor leadership is negatively related to unethical employee behavior, (2) benevolent supervisor leadership mediates the relationship between benevolent manager leadership and unethical employee behavior, (3) LMX positively moderates the relationship between benevolent manager leadership and benevolent supervisor leadership and moderates the mediating effect of benevolent supervisor leadership, and (4) ethical climate positively moderates the relationship between benevolent supervisor leadership and unethical employee behavior and moderates the mediating effect of benevolent supervisor leadership.Originality/valueFirst, based on previous studies, this study further proves that benevolent leadership is a popular positive leadership among the three dimensions of paternalistic leadership that extends its influence to unethical employee behavior. Second, the study traces the source of the benevolent leadership of employees' supervisors and reveals the action mechanism of how benevolent manager leadership affects unethical employee behavior (trickle-down effect). LMX and the ethical climate provide the organizational context of the trickle-down effect and the occurrence of unethical employee behavior.

Effect of paternalistic leadership style on subordinate’s trust: an Indian study

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeti S. Rawat ◽  
Shiji Lyndon
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Team Efficacy ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Item Scale

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of paternalistic leadership of the boss on the trust of the subordinate. Design/methodology/approach The present study adopted survey method to test the hypotheses. Paternalistic leadership style was measured by a 24-item scale developed by Cheng et al. (2004). Trust was measured by a four-item scale by Schoorman and Ballinger (2006). Data were collected from a sample of 253 respondents. Findings The results show that in India, paternalistic leadership style leads to subordinate trust. The result further found that though benevolent and moral leadership leads to trust, authoritarian leadership does not lead to formation of trust. Practical implications The study has important implications in areas like managing leader–member relations, leadership training and team efficacy. Originality/value Leadership researchers in Indian context have largely adopted etic approach which attempts to generalize Western leadership theory to Indian context. However, uncritical adaptation of techniques developed in Western context may not be effective in the Indian cultural environment. The concept of paternalistic leadership was developed in Chinese context, but as India scores high on paternalism, the present study uses the paternalistic leadership style to study its effect on subordinate’s trust on leader.

Remapping the construct of paternalistic leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 764-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Kwan Lau ◽  
Loan N.T. Pham ◽  
Lam Dang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Benevolent Leadership ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to lay the necessary conceptual and empirical groundwork that advances knowledge about paternalistic leadership (PL). PL is reinterpreted as a leadership style consisting of authoritative, moral and benevolent leadership. The mediating role of trust is examined, and a formal, unified construct model of PL is suggested through evidence of construct validity. Design/methodology/approach An on-site survey was used to collect data from 312 full-time employees in nine organizations in China. Factor analysis, reliability and validity test, and an analysis of bivariate correlations were conducted. Findings The new construct of PL achieved a positive alignment and coherence among the three dimensions. Subordinates’ trust was found to be critical for paternalistic leaders to be perceived as effective leaders. Research limitations/implications Leadership and its effectiveness were examined only at the dyadic level. The levels of the supervisors and their effectiveness differ because some were from middle management, whereas others were from first line managers. Practical implications Trust is an important explanatory mechanism for the relationship between PL and employee performance, especially in China. It is a key factor that creates loyalty and builds a good relationship between leaders and subordinates. Social implications Trust signals a strong sense of sharing within the relationship. It induces positive emotional feelings in their leader by the subordinates and, therefore, taps into positive evaluations about the effectiveness of their leader. Originality/value This study developed the theoretical underpinnings and provided measurement instruments for PL. It offered a formal, unified construct model of PL.

Do ethical climates impact trust in management? A study in Indian context

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 804-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethical Climates ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Trust In Management ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of ethical climate types on trust in management using Victor and Cullen’s framework, which is based on Kohlberg’s theory of moral development and Gouldner’s sociocultural theory of organizations. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 270 employees from 10 organizations in India was used to investigate the specific relationships between ethical climate types and trust in management. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the different types of ethical climates existing in the organizations. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between ethical climates and trust in management. Findings It was found that ethical climates characterized by caring, laws and codes, and rules and procedures are significant predictors of trust in management. However, no support was obtained for any impact of ethical climates emphasizing company profit, self-interest or independence on trust in management. Research/limitations implications Future research should examine trust in management as a mediating or moderating variable in the relationship between ethical climates and other organizational variables such as commitment, citizenship behaviour or productivity. Additionally, research could also examine different cultural and organizational contexts in testing out these relationships. The role of other constructs such as personality of supervisors and ethical sensitivity in developing trust in management may also been investigated. Practical implications Organizations should try to develop climates based on caring and also emphasize adherence to laws and codes as well as rules and procedures to enhance trust in the management. Originality/value The findings of the study are unique and original because literature examining ethical climates and trust is scarce, and this is the first study to explore how ethical climates can impact trust in management in the Indian context. In particular, the results are unique for. Contrary to expectations, no negative impact of climates of self-interest, company interest and independence on trust in management could be seen in this study. The results throw open new directions to theory building on ethical climates and trust in the Indian context.

scholarly journals Opportunity, job pressure and deviant workplace behaviour: does neutralisation mediate the relationship? A study of faculty members in public universities in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Olalekan Adeoti ◽  
Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin ◽  
AlHamwan Mousa Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Workplace Deviance ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Fraud Triangle ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Triangle Theory ◽  
Interpersonal Deviance ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of the present study was twofold: (1) to examine the direct effect of the dimensions of opportunity (i.e. ethical climate and institutional policy) and dimensions of job pressure (i.e. workload and work pressure) on workplace deviance (i.e. organisational and interpersonal deviance) and (2) to assess the mediation of neutralisation in the relationship between the dimensions of opportunity, job pressure and workplace deviance.Design/methodology/approachThe present study drew from the fraud triangle theory (FTT; Cressey, 1950) and the theory of neutralisation (Sykes and Matza, 1957) to achieve the research objectives. Survey data from 356 full-time faculty members in Nigerian public universities were collected. Partial least square-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyse the data.FindingsThe results indicated that opportunity and job pressure significantly affected workplace deviance. As expected, neutralisation was found to mediate the negative relationship between ethical climate and interpersonal deviance and the positive relationship between workload, work pressure and interpersonal deviance. Contrary to expectation, neutralisation did not mediate the relationship between opportunity, pressure and organisational deviance.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample was drawn from academics in public universities and the cross-sectional nature of this study means that the findings have limited generalisations.Practical implicationsThis study offers insights into the management of Nigerian public universities on the need to curb workplace deviance amongst faculty members. This study recommends that the management improve the work environment by enhancing the ethical climate and institutional policies and reviewing the existing workload that may constitute pressure to the faculty members.Originality/valueThe present study provides empirical support for the fraud triangle theory and theory of neutralisation to explain workplace deviance.

scholarly journals Paternalistic Leadership and Employees’ Sustained Work Behavior: A Perspective of Playfulness

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6650
Author(s):  
Ching-Han Fang ◽  
Ching-Lin Fang ◽  
Ren-Fang Chao ◽  
Shang-Ping Lin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Moral Leadership ◽  
Paternalistic Leadership ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Benevolent Leadership

The frontline employees of the service industry are the first connection between enterprises and consumers. Therefore, their performance often represents the image of the company. This study intended to discuss employees’ sustained work behavior through the perceived organizational climate, from the point of view of direct supervisors’ leadership. Employees of chain convenience stores in Taiwan were used as the research samples for the questionnaire survey. A total of 473 valid questionnaires were considered using structural equation analyses. The results showed that authoritarian leadership and employees’ turnover intentions had a significant positive relationship; moreover, there were negative relations between moral leadership, benevolent leadership, and employees’ turnover intention. Thus, employees’ perceived playfulness can decrease turnover intention when under paternalistic leadership. This study provides valuable insights for managers to understand the work value of playfulness.

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