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The impact of a Paternalistic Style of Management and Delegation of Authority on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Chile and the US

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ID11634011
AuthorsLeonardo Liberman (0000-0001-7992-4449, Universidad de los Andes, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume24
Issue53
Pages187-196
Publication date2014-06-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInnovar (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0121-5051 • E-ISSN: 2248-6968
PublisherUniversidad Nacional de Colombia (PUBLISHER • CO)
DOI10.15446/innovar.v24n53.43944
OpenAlexW1964247889
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited35

Although the use of a paternalistic style of management is widespread in the nonWestern \ncontext, it has only recently received attention from Western scholars. In this study, we \ncompare the presence of a paternalistic style of management and delegation practices across two \nculturally different organizational contexts, namely Chile and the US. We also examine the effects \nof these management practices on job satisfaction and organizational commitment in both \ncontexts. Results suggest that delegation of authority was more common in the US than in Chile, \nwhereas paternalism was higher in Chile than in the US. Furthermore, delegation and paternalism \nwere positively related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment in both countries. Unexpectedly, \ndelegation had a stronger effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment than \na paternalistic style of management in the Chilean context, whereas the opposite was found in the \nUS sample. Moreover, the effect of a paternalistic management style on both job satisfaction and \norganizational commitment seemed to be fully mediated by delegation in Chile. We discuss both \nthe theoretical and practical implications of these findings

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