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AB - fpsyg-09-00357 March 21, 2018 Time: 17:26 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 23 March 2018 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00357 The Positive Effect of Authoritarian Leadership on Employee Performance: The Moderating Role of Power Distance 1 2 Honglei Wang * and Bichen Guan 1 2 College of Economics and Management, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China, Department of Marketing and Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Based on goal setting theory, this study explores the positive effect and influencing process of authoritarian leadership on employee performance, as well as the moderating role of individual power distance in this process. Data from 211 supervisor-subordinate dyads in Chinese organizations indicates that authoritarian leadership is positively associated with employee performance, and learning goal orientation mediates this relationship. Furthermore, power distance moderates the effect of authoritarian leadership on learning goal orientation, such that the effect was stronger when individual power distance was higher. The indirect effect of authoritarian leadership on employee performance via learning goal orientation is also moderated by power distance. Edited by: Theoretical and managerial implications and future directions are also discussed. Scott N. Taylor, Babson College, United States Keywords: authoritarian leadership, learning goal orientation, power distance, employee performance, goal Reviewed 
TI - The Positive Effect of Authoritarian Leadership on Employee Performance: The Moderating Role of Power Distance
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00357
DA - 2018-03-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/the-positive-effect-of-authoritarian-leadership-on-employee-CmMPcVpMkf
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