Leading with tough love: relationships between paternalistic leadership, teachers’ emotional labor, and absorption through leader-member exchange

IF 2.3 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI:10.1007/s12564-023-09902-9

Yingying Huang, Hongbiao Yin

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This study examines the effects of paternalistic leadership on teachers’ emotional labor strategies and absorption, and it explores the mediating role played by leader-member exchange. A sample of 2974 primary and secondary school teachers in China participated in the study. The results showed that paternalistic leadership had a dual effect on teachers. Benevolent and authoritarian leadership enhanced teachers’ deep and surface acting. Authoritarian leadership had a positive association with teachers’ absorption, while moral leadership had the opposite effect. Leader-member exchange played a significant role in mediating the influence of benevolent and moral leadership on teachers’ emotional labor strategies and absorption. The results highlight the importance of abandoning stereotyped leadership styles and utilizing all three dimensions of paternalistic leadership. It is suggested that school principals show benevolence with sincerity and to an appropriate degree. They should promote their communications with teachers to mitigate the negative effects of authoritarian leadership and promote leader-member exchange.

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用严厉的爱进行领导：家长式领导、教师的情感劳动和领导者与成员交流吸收之间的关系

本研究探讨了家长式领导对教师情感劳动策略和吸收的影响，并探讨了领导者与成员交流所起的中介作用。2974 名中国中小学教师参与了研究。结果表明，家长式领导对教师具有双重影响。仁慈型和威权型领导增强了教师的深层和表层行为。专制型领导与教师的吸收能力呈正相关，而道德型领导则与之相反。领导与成员之间的交流在调解仁慈型领导和道德型领导对教师情感劳动策略和吸收的影响方面发挥了重要作用。研究结果凸显了摒弃刻板的领导风格，利用家长式领导的三个维度的重要性。建议校长真诚地、适度地展现仁爱。他们应促进与教师的沟通，以减轻专制领导的负面影响，促进领导者与成员之间的交流。

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Asia Pacific Education Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Asia Pacific Education Review (APER) aims to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange, and enhance the professional development of scholars and other researchers who are interested in educational and cultural issues in the Asia Pacific region. APER covers all areas of educational research, with a focus on cross-cultural, comparative and other studies with a broad Asia-Pacific context. APER is a peer reviewed journal produced by the Education Research Institute at Seoul National University. It was founded by the Institute of Asia Pacific Education Development, Seoul National University in 2000, which is owned and operated by Education Research Institute at Seoul National University since 2003. APER requires all submitted manuscripts to follow the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA; http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx).