The impact of Paternalistic Leadership on Organization Commitment and Organization Citizenship Behaviour

Paternalistic Leadership is generally used to humanize and moralize the workplace. It is argued that paternalistic leadership plays an important role in organizational citizenship behaviour and organization commitment. It is very important for employees to be motivated not only to increase in-role performance but also to engage in citizenship behaviours that are important to the wellbeing of the organization. Questionnaires are used in this research to survey the relationship between paternalistic leadership, organization commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. Data was obtained from 350 individuals working in various SME’s of Pakistan .The results showed that paternalistic leadership has positive impact on increasing the commitment of the employees as well as improving citizenship behaviors in various SMEs of Pakistan.