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Paternalistic leadership is a style where the leader acts like a parent and treats employees like family members. Key characteristics include showing compassion, empowering employees, influencing them through superior skills, strong organizational abilities, and sole decision-making power. While it can increase loyalty and morale, limitations are that employees may feel less empowered and dependent on the leader alone for decisions.

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Paternalistic Leadership Style Handout

Paternalistic leadership is a style where the leader acts like a parent and treats employees like family members. Key characteristics include showing compassion, empowering employees, influencing them through superior skills, strong organizational abilities, and sole decision-making power. While it can increase loyalty and morale, limitations are that employees may feel less empowered and dependent on the leader alone for decisions.

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LEADERSHIP STYLES

MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS UNIT 1


GROUP 4- PATERNALISTIC LEADERSSHIP HANDOUT

Paternalistic Leadership – Definition

1. Paternalistic leadership is an administrative approach that involves a dominant authority


figure who acts like a man or mother and treats employees and partners as if they were
members of a large, extended family. In exchange, the leader expects loyalty and trust from
employees as well as loyalty.

2. A paternalistic leader creates a perplexing environment in the workplace that employees


consider their team as a family. The natural human tendency to want to belong to a group.
The family has such a head; Companies have leaders who occupy an affiliated position to
determine what’s best for the team. Paternalistic leadership is a way in which a leader is
equipped to serve the interests of employees and organizations.

Key characteristics of paternalistic leadership

Paternalistic leadership is included in the leadership style that can successfully lead management.
It has the following qualities: compassion, good organizational skills, decision making,
empowerment, and influence as it relates to employees.

1. Compassion

Compassion is an essential element that enhances employees’ loyalty to the organization. A


paternalistic leader should make sure workers feels valued and comfortable. If you lack empathy
you cannot relate to the feelings of your subordinates..

2. Empowerment

This characteristic of is focused on bringing out the best out of the subordinates. As a
paternalistic leader, you want them to grow and succeed, just as a parent wants their children to
grow. Likewise, these leaders give followers the ability to achieve their goals and grow as an
individual and professionally.
Empowerment requires complete autonomy and a careful balance of management. Paternalistic
leadership does not give employees much authority in the organization’s decision making or
does not require a leader to question or undermine employees’ actions.

3. Effect

It is important for leaders to influence subordinates. This style of leadership equips the leader
with a lot of power in decision making. Paternalistic leadership is not as authoritative as other
styles of leadership.

The effects are manifested differently. You can impress your subordinates with your broad
knowledge or superior communication skills that make them attracted to you.

4. Organizational skills

Paternalistic leadership demands good organizational skills. They are equipped with multiple
capabilities that help a leader plan, prioritize, and achieve his or her goals.

5. Decision making

In paternalistic leadership, decision-making is completely in the hands of the leader, which


requires skill, knowledge and the possibility of making the right decision. As a paternalistic
leader, you cannot think about your decisions according to the paternalistic leadership style
definition.

The ability to make decisions and the ability to move forward can seem like an easy task, which
of course is not, because with great energy comes more responsibility.

Limitations of Paternalistic leadership

Failure to participate in decision-making can demoralize employees.


Builds dependence on the leader; As he makes the decision.
Subordinates may be less inclined to seek solutions.
Undesirable consequences; because some workers may be happy with your decision, others may
not.
When roles are not well defined, there can be internal problems and struggles for power.

Examples of Paternalistic leadership


1. Management

A paternalistic manager develops and improves people by developing their skills and providing
them with opportunities that suit their interests and talents. That way, a manager can grow into a
strong and loyal employee according to paternalistic leaders in history.
2. Executive leadership

In the paternalistic leadership style, executive leaders consider employees as important partners
and prioritize employees’ needs as a firm that offers lifelong employment, and when a business
suffers, it takes a long time to cut isolation for paternalistic leadership style examples.

3. Government

A government that follows the paternalistic style can either provide free quality products or
reduce the cost by subsidizing. They can also pay a large amount of taxes on materials that are
considered harmful, such as alcohol and tobacco. The paternalistic government is involved in
various rules, regulations, and enforcement that govern every aspect of life as a law against
gambling according to the example of a famous paternalistic leader.

Benefits of paternalistic leadership

In paternalistic leadership, people may perceive the situation as being democratic because
workers are encouraged to discuss and comment and their questions are answered. But the
decisions will depend on the top person with a paternal management style.

 There is a free line of communication between managers and employees that will keep
employees feel important and satisfied
 There is an understanding that managers want everyone to succeed, which can result in
less competition among employees.
 Managers are empowered to rule from the idea that they are most capable of making the
best decisions for the team, which promotes confidence and loyalty to employees.
 Due to high employee loyalty, employees feel they are being heard and their needs met.
 The person with good behavior usually receives rewards, often with products and snacks.
 Emphasis on employee needs will reduce absenteeism rates and employee turnover.
 Most decisions will be taken on the best of staff
 Feedback is invited and encouraged, which improves morale and makes employees feel
important.
 Directors are very involved in an employee’s personal life, which makes the employee
feel more connected to the workplace.

Disadvantages of paternalistic leadership

Yet paternalistic leadership has assumed that the leader can make the right decision with
paternalistic management style definition. It expects very little from its subordinates and does not
always equip them with the right tools for enhancement. paternalistic leadership can suffer the
organization because of its lack of innovation and creativity and its cruelty.
 Issues with employee laws and rights can be cashed and raised.
 Employees rely more on the leader than on the general work setting. Because of this, the
team can become extremely competitive, with everyone facing attention and affection.
 Directors can become blind to their strengths and make decisions that only benefit
themselves.
 If roles are not defined properly and employees do not know what they need from them,
there can be power struggles and internal problems.
 Like parents, managers sometimes have to discipline employees in obsolete ways.
 Bad decisions from above cause major staff dissatisfaction.
 Employees will become more dependent on the employer, which can lead to increased
supervision required to work in a timely and appropriate manner.
 If loyalty to the manager is not quickly established, employees may have poor
motivation.

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