An comparative study on the effects of Transformational Leadership and Paternalistic Leadership on private firm´s organizational performance

Based on 308 samples of high-medium managers of private firms, we analysis the impacts of the highest manager´s Transformational Leadership and Paternalistic Leadership behaviors on firm´s organizational performance and it´s mechanism. The result shows that: Transformational Leadership has positive effects, while Paternalistic Leadership, as a three dimensional construct, has no positive effects on employee trust to leadership and firm´s organizational performance; the dimensionality of Paternalistic Leadership has interact effects to each other; Transformational Leadership take effect mainly through the path of Transformational Leadership-employee cognitive trust to leadership-employee´s job satisfaction, while Paternalistic Leadership take effect mainly through the path of Paternalistic Leadership-employee´s affective trust to leadership-employee organizational commitment and organizational communication.