The Paternalistic Leadership in High-Tech R&D Industry?A Case Study

[[abstract]]In recent years Asia makes great progress in economy. The unique organization management and the theory of Paternalistic Leadership are popular issues in eastern society. But now it is still testified and revised. The study of Paternalistic Leadership has been proceeding for years. However, the study is not yet aimed at high-tech industry. The purpose of this study has two: (1) In order to explore whether Paternalistic Leadership is affected by western business culture, the difference in personality and the system of organization. And survey its connection each other. (2) For discussing the best way of behavior that leading engineers with Paternalistic Leadership. The main research framework is based on Paternalistic Leadership. After confirming whether Paternalistic Leadership exists in the company, then proceed to analyze western business culture, organization and personality. This study is to explore Paternalistic Leadership behavior of Chinese leader in high-tech industry with case study. This research used interviews with 7 leaders face-to-face and marshaled information with analytic comparison. Then describe the behavior of leadership and the best way of leading engineers in high-tech industry. After analytic, The findings suggest that ? (1) The directive way of the leader is close to Paternalistic Leadership. Owing to the difference in business culture and organization, the behavior of leadership is totally dissimilar. Mostly the leader prefer to head up subordinates with Benevolent Leadership and Moral Leadership. On the other hand, Authoritarian Leadership seems to against the performance of the company. (2) Construct of Paternalistic Leadership contains three types about Authoritarian Leadership, Benevolent Leadership and Moral Leadership. The percentage of Paternalistic Leadership is not the same, the leader still puts the different percentage in three types depends on position, class, and situation. (3) When business is deeply affected by the culture of western management, the leader often heads up subordinates with Benevolent Leadership. In project matrix, the leader of project management adopts Authoritarian Leadership more than Benevolent Leadership. On the Contrary, the leader of function management adopts Benevolent Leadership. The direction for further research and implications for practice in leadership were discussed finall