There is a growing amount of research integrating leadership and positive organizational behavior literatures in order to understand the processes through which leadership contributes to performance. One such mechanism through which leaders influence performance is psychological capital (PsyCap). Particularly, paternalistic leadership, which is a leadership style that combines discipline, authority, and power with fatherly benevolence, may be a critical antecedent to the development of followers’ PsyCap. Yet no studies to date have investigated how paternalistic leaders affect followers’ PsyCap, which, in turn, influences their task and innovative performance. To this end, based on a sample of 409 Turkish employees and their 72 leaders, the current study investigates the effects of three dimensions of paternalistic leadership (i.e., benevolent, authoritarian, and authoritative) on followers’ leader-rated task and innovative performance. While there were no significant mediation effects for task performance, the results revealed that both benevolent and authoritative leadership positively influenced innovative performance through enhancing followers’ PsyCap. Authoritarian leadership, however, has negative effects on PsyCap, which, in turn, mediates the effect on innovative performance of followers. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings, along with suggestions for future research, are discussed.

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家长式领导者的不同面孔如何促进或损害任务和创新绩效？打开黑匣子

越来越多的研究将领导力和积极的组织行为文献结合起来，以了解领导力对绩效的贡献过程。领导者影响绩效的一种机制是心理资本（PsyCap）。尤其是家长式领导，这是一种将纪律、权威和权力与父爱相结合的领导风格，可能是追随者心理资本发展的重要前因。然而，迄今为止还没有研究调查家长式领导如何影响追随者的心理资本，进而影响他们的任务和创新表现。为此，基于 409 名土耳其员工和他们的 72 名领导的样本，本研究调查了家长式领导的三个维度（即仁慈、专制和权威）对追随者的领导者任务和创新表现。虽然对任务绩效没有显着的中介效应，但结果表明，仁慈和权威的领导都通过提高追随者的心理资本对创新绩效产生积极影响。然而，威权领导对心理资本有负面影响，而心理资本反过来又会调节对追随者创新绩效的影响。讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义，以及对未来研究的建议。结果表明，仁慈和权威的领导都通过提高追随者的心理资本对创新绩效产生积极影响。然而，威权领导对心理资本有负面影响，而心理资本反过来又会调节对追随者创新绩效的影响。讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义，以及对未来研究的建议。结果表明，仁慈和权威的领导都通过提高追随者的心理资本对创新绩效产生积极影响。然而，威权领导对心理资本有负面影响，而心理资本反过来又会调节对追随者创新绩效的影响。讨论了我们发现的理论和实践意义，以及对未来研究的建议。