Paternalistic Leadership: The Authority, Benevolence, and Morality to Lead

Abstract

Paternalistic leadership is a multifaceted leadership model that consists of three types of leadership: authoritarian, benevolent, and moral.Because high-power distance and collectivist cultures practice paternalistic leadership, research and analysis have focused onpaternalistic leadership within the context of those cultures. Although paternalistic leadership is an indigenous Chinese leadership modeland predominantly practiced in non-Western cultures, Marine Corps leaders can utilize paternalistic leadership as an effective model tolead our nation's Marines because, like China's national culture, the United States Marine Corps' culture is collective, high-powerdistance, and hierarchically structured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177239

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Buscemi

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • California
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Families (Human)
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Morals (Social Psychology)
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Societies
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.