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The Virtue of a Controlling Leadership Style: Authoritarian Leadership, Work Stressors, and Leader Power Distance

Chen, Leni; Huang, Xu; Sun, Jianmin; Zheng, Yuyan; Graham, Les; Jiang, Judy

Authors

Leni Chen

Xu Huang

Jianmin Sun

Yuyan Zheng

Judy Jiang



Abstract

We developed and tested a theoretical model showing that authoritarian leadership has both positive and negative influences on employees’ work performance. We posited that authoritarian leadership may shape both challenge stressors and hindrance stressors, which compel and undermine in-role and extra-role performance, respectively. We found consistent results across two studies. In Study 1, our results from two samples in different cultures showed that authoritarian leadership was positively related to objective performance (Sample 1: n = 402 Chinese chain restaurant managers) and extra-role performance (Sample 2: n = 369 U.K. police officers) via challenge stressors. Authoritarian leadership was negatively related to objective performance and extra-role performance via hindrance stressors. In Study 2 (n = 195 Chinese power industry employees), we replicated the findings of Study 1. Further, we found that authoritarian leadership behaviors among leaders who scored low on power distance orientation were not negatively related to in-role and extra-role performance via hindrance stressors.

Citation

Chen, L., Huang, X., Sun, J., Zheng, Y., Graham, L., & Jiang, J. (2022). The Virtue of a Controlling Leadership Style: Authoritarian Leadership, Work Stressors, and Leader Power Distance. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-022-09860-7

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 23, 2022
Online Publication Date Nov 19, 2022
Publication Date Nov 19, 2022
Deposit Date Dec 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Print ISSN 0217-4561
Electronic ISSN 1572-9958
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-022-09860-7
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1185263

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This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-022-09860-7





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