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Chinese immigrants’ occupational well-being in Finland: the role of paternalistic leadership

Chinese immigrants’ occupational well-being in Finland: the role of paternalistic leadership The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of paternalistic leadership behaviour in the Finnish organisational context by investigating its relationship with Chinese immigrant employees’ occupational well-being.Design/methodology/approachThis research was based on a survey of 117 Chinese immigrants working in Finland. The snowball sampling method was adopted in the present research.FindingsThe findings show that the dimensions of paternalistic leadership, specifically benevolent leadership behaviour, can be influential in Chinese immigrant knowledge workers’ occupational well-being in the Finnish organisational context.Research limitations/implicationsPaternalistic leadership style can also make sense in a Western organisational context, especially when dealing with well-being among immigrant employees from China or other Asian countries.Originality/valueSome misunderstanding of paternalistic leadership behaviour in Western societies may impede the theory’s further development. The study enhanced the understanding of paternalism in the Finnish organisational context by illuminating the effect of paternalistic leadership on Chinese immigrant employees’ occupational well-being. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Leadership & Organization Development Journal Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0143-7739
DOI
10.1108/lodj-05-2017-0144
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of paternalistic leadership behaviour in the Finnish organisational context by investigating its relationship with Chinese immigrant employees’ occupational well-being.Design/methodology/approachThis research was based on a survey of 117 Chinese immigrants working in Finland. The snowball sampling method was adopted in the present research.FindingsThe findings show that the dimensions of paternalistic leadership, specifically benevolent leadership behaviour, can be influential in Chinese immigrant knowledge workers’ occupational well-being in the Finnish organisational context.Research limitations/implicationsPaternalistic leadership style can also make sense in a Western organisational context, especially when dealing with well-being among immigrant employees from China or other Asian countries.Originality/valueSome misunderstanding of paternalistic leadership behaviour in Western societies may impede the theory’s further development. The study enhanced the understanding of paternalism in the Finnish organisational context by illuminating the effect of paternalistic leadership on Chinese immigrant employees’ occupational well-being.

Journal

Leadership & Organization Development JournalEmerald Publishing

Published: May 9, 2018

Keywords: Finland; Paternalistic leadership; Chinese immigrant; Leadership behaviour; Occupational well-being

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