What is Paternalistic leadership style?

[muneeshwar]

Explain Paternalistic style of leadership.

[muneeshwar]

Paternalistic leaders are heavily work centred but they also have consideration for their subordinates. They tend to look after their subordinates the way a father does his family such a leader helps, guides, protects, and peeps the followers happily working together as members of a team. Subordinates have to follow the leader. Leader encourages the subordinates to go along for everyone's sake. Such leaders like people to be team players. When compared to the authoritarian leadership style, paternalistic style, feel free to meet the leader and look towards the redressal of their grievances and also feel secure about their service. However, with the ever increasing consciousness of employees, this leadership style is being resented and resisted. The main criticism is that subordinates realise that they work and exist in the organisation in their own right and not out of employer's gratitude.