Wang Xiao, Peng Jian
School of Management, Jinan University Guangzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2016 Jun 7;7:812. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00812. eCollection 2016.
Benevolent leadership, a traditional Chinese leadership style generated under the influence of Confucianism, has been under growing discussion since its proposal. However, existing research has focused mainly on the consequences of benevolent leadership, and research probing into its antecedents is scarce. To fill such research gap, the current study aims to explore the effect of the congruence between implicit positive followership prototype (PFP) and explicit positive followership trait (PFT) on benevolent leadership. Polynomial regression combined with the response surface methodology was used to test the hypotheses herein. The results, based on a sample of 241 leader-follower dyads from four Chinese family firms, indicated the following: (1) benevolent leadership is higher when leader PFP is congruent with follower PFT than when they are incongruent; (2) in cases of congruence, benevolent leadership is higher when leader PFP and follower PFT are both high rather than low; (3) in the case of incongruence, there is no significant difference for the level of benevolent leadership in two scenarios: "low leader PFP - high follower PFT" and "high leader PFP - low follower PFT".
仁爱领导是受儒家思想影响而产生的一种中国传统领导风格，自提出以来受到的讨论日益增多。然而，现有研究主要聚焦于仁爱领导的结果，对其前因的探究较为匮乏。为填补这一研究空白，本研究旨在探讨隐性积极追随者原型（PFP）与显性积极追随者特质（PFT）之间的一致性对仁爱领导的影响。采用多项式回归结合响应面分析方法对本文的假设进行检验。基于来自四家中国家族企业的241对领导-下属样本得出的结果表明：（1）当领导者的PFP与追随者的PFT一致时，仁爱领导水平高于二者不一致时；（2）在一致的情况下，当领导者的PFP和追随者的PFT都高时，仁爱领导水平高于二者都低时；（3）在不一致的情况下，“低领导者PFP - 高追随者PFT”和“高领导者PFP - 低追随者PFT”这两种情景下的仁爱领导水平无显著差异。
