Drawing upon the conservation of resource theory and leadership contingency model, this study investigated how and when employee voice under three paternalistic leadership dimensions of benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism relates to creativity. The sample included matched survey responses obtained from 82 leaders and 324 subordinates from manufacturing companies in Ghana. Structural equation modelling and regression analysis results revealed benevolent leadership to foster creativity, while authoritarian leadership stymied creativity. The relationship between benevolent/ authoritarian leadership and creativity was stronger with promotive voice with power distance but, not with prohibitive voice. Our findings extend social exchange, a self-based concept perspective, to conservation of resource theory in order to enhance understanding of paternalistic leadership potential to affect employees’ perception of resource gain or loss with voice expression.

借助资源保护理论和领导权变迁模型，本研究调查了在仁慈，道德和专制的三个家长式领导维度下，员工的声音如何以及何时与创造力相关。样本包括从加纳制造业公司的82位领导者和324位下属获得的匹配调查问卷答复。结构方程模型和回归分析结果表明，善良的领导才能培养创造力，而专制的领导则会阻碍创造力。仁慈/威权的领导与创造力之间的关系在权力距离上具有促进性声音时更为牢固，但在禁止性声音中却没有。我们的发现扩展了社会交流，一种基于自我的概念视角，