Paternalistic Leadership Case Study

Managerial styles and Leadership both have been the center of research along with other variables such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, optimal performance etc. Leadership is generally associated with

Change, influencing, motivating, inspiring and coaching. “Leadership is not defined, but is characterized as a mechanism for accomplishing goals” (Pawar and Eastman, 1997). The contextual dimensions and culture are very important for the study of leadership / managerial styles.

Culture and context play significant role in establishing relationship between leadership, task accomplishment and power

This study seeks to find out that in Pakistan if there is any style of leadership; that is paternalistic. In order to find out the

It is more of a mindset than any leadership style. It is also pertinent to mention that no single style of leadership is the ultimate ideal because there are various theories related to leadership which suggests that it depends upon the situation that which leadership style or combination of different leadership styles will be beneficial in any context for the organization. Leaders usually adopt hybrid nature of leadership style for motivating, influencing and inspiring their followers for the attainment of common objectives.

Paternalistic Leaders are Benevolent Leaders and liked by their followers. Paternalistic leadership is the branch of Moral Leadership

Rao (1981) studied leadership styled from three approaches viz., Benevolent, Critical and Developmental. Benevolent leader protects followers, continuously tells them what they should and should not do. The benevolent leader is generally liked by the followers. However, there are other styles of leadership which are pertinent and applied in case of need and are present in present study for exploring the most dominant leadership style.

Present study is focused on data taken from four different educational

On Paternalistic Leadership and Other styles of Leadership in Pakistan

Hypothesis 6 (H6): Paternalistic leadership (PL) will be positively associated with other leadership style in the corporate sector of Pakistan.

3.3 Theoretical Framework

Figure-3 sets the theoretical framework for the study. The relevant framework is related to Path-Goal Theory of Leadership (PGT)

FIGURE-3

Theoretical Framework

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Path-Goal Theory

Inspired from: DuBrin, A., J. (2004). Leadership: Research findings, practice and skill. New York, Houghton Miffin Company.

The path-goal theory (PGT) is relevant to this study as the basic objective of finding out the most dominant / prevailing style of leadership actually knows the traits and means used by leaders in order to achieve desired outcomes. This study is limited to the extent of its research questions and hypothesis hence dimensions of outcomes, demands of the task will not be explored. It is pertinent to mention that Paternalistic Leadership (PL) is a theory in itself but it can be integrated with other theories of