Hotel Employees’ Voice Behavior: The Role of Paternalistic Leadership and Organizational Identification

This study explores the effect of paternalistic leadership (moral leadership, benevolent leadership, and authoritarian leadership) on hotel employees’ voice behavior and the moderating role of organizational identification. This study samples employees of five-star hotels in northern, central, and southern Taiwan. Purposive sampling is used to distribute 450 questionnaires: 150 in northern Taiwan, 150 in central Taiwan, and 150 in southern Taiwan. The number of valid questionnaires was 359, and the effective questionnaire recovery rate was 79.78%. The analysis results indicate that (1) supervisors’ moral leadership negatively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (2) supervisors’ benevolent leadership positively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (3) supervisors’ authoritarian leadership negatively affects hotel employees’ voice behavior, (4) organizational identification moderates the relationship between moral leadership and voice behavior, (5) organizational identification moderates the relationship between benevolent leadership and voice behavior, and (6) organizational identification moderates the relationship between authoritarian leadership and voice behavior. This study also proposes managerial implications based on the analysis results. This research attempts to make contributions to the literatures of hospitality and tourism.

Fostering trust: Authoritarian, benevolent, and moral paternalistic leadership styles and the coach–athlete relationship

We used leadership theories and social cognitive theory to examine the association between paternalistic leadership styles and the coach–athlete relationship in sports contexts, along with the role of trust as a mediator. Participants were 312 teenage soccer players aged 13–19 years at two Chinese professional soccer schools, who completed a survey. The results show that the three dimensions of paternalistic leadership (i. e., authoritarian leadership, benevolent leadership, and moral leadership) each had different effects on the coach–athlete relationship. Benevolent leadership and moral leadership positively predicted the coach–athlete relationship, whereas authoritarian leadership did not have a significant impact. Further, trust as a cognitive process mediated the relationships between both benevolent and moral leadership styles and the coach–athlete relationship. Trust had a suppressing effect on the link between authoritarian leadership and the coach–athlete relationship. Our results complement those of past research and support the application of social cognitive theory in the context of the social psychology of sport training.

The victims, villains and heroes of ‘panic buying’: News media attribution of responsibility for COVID-19 stockpiling

Societies often respond to a crisis by attributing blame to some groups while constructing others as victims and heroes. While it has received scant sociological attention, ‘panic buying’ is a critical indicator of such public sentiment at the onset of a crisis, and thus a crucial site for analysis. This article traces dynamics of blame in news media representations of an extreme period of panic buying during COVID-19 in Australia. Analysis reveals that lower socio-economic and ethnically diverse consumers were blamed disproportionately. Unlike wealthier consumers who bulk-bought online, shoppers filling trollies in-store were depicted as selfish and shameful, described using dehumanising language, and portrayed as ‘villains’ who threatened social order. Supermarkets were cast simultaneously as ‘victims’ of consumer aggression and ‘heroes’ for their moral leadership, trustworthiness and problem-solving. This portrayal misunderstands the socio-emotional drivers of panic buying, exacerbates stigma towards already disadvantaged groups, and veils the corporate profiteering that encourages stockpiling.

Introduction: “Be Bold”: The Legacy of John R. Lewis

This essay introduces the roundtable, “John R. Lewis's Legacies in Law and Religion.” A civil rights icon and long-standing US congressman representing Georgia's Fifth Congressional District, Lewis was often described as the moral conscience of the US Congress and the nation. The essays in this roundtable explore the many facets of Lewis's moral leadership, with particular attention to his influence on law and religion. This roundtable is a testament to what it means to speak up, speak out, and be bold in defense of justice.

Influence of Paternalistic Leadership Style on Innovation Performance Based on the Research Perspective of the Mediating Effect of the Constructive Deviance of Employees

Innovation is the primary driving force behind the development of China as a modern economic power. This study examines the impact of paternalistic leadership on innovation, proposing a theoretical model using the three dimensions of paternalistic leadership (i.e., benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism) as independent variables, constructive deviance as a mediating variable, and innovation performance as the dependent variable. Empirical results showed that benevolent and moral leadership has a positive impact on innovation performance while authoritarian leadership has a negative impact. Constructive deviance by employees has a positive impact on innovation performance. Benevolent and moral leadership has a positive impact on the constructive deviance of employees, while authoritarian leadership has a negative impact on constructive deviance. In addition, benevolent and moral leadership has a positive impact on innovation performance through the constructive deviance of employees, while the impact of authoritarian leadership is negative. In practice, leaders should recognize that constructive deviance is a double-edged sword and guide employees to engage in reasonable constructive deviant behavior, thereby creating sound organizational environments to foster innovation, eliminate barriers, and benefit from the positive impact of the constructive deviance of employees to enhance innovation performance.

Teachers ’evaluation of the extent to which basic education school principals practice ethical leadership in the Governorate of Al Dakhiliya, Sultanate of Oman: تقييم المعلمين لمدى ممارسة مديري مدارس التعليم الأساسي في محافظة الداخلية بسلطنة عمان للقيادة الأخلاقية

This study aimed at identifying teachers ’evaluation of the extent to which principals of basic education schools in the Governorate of Al-Dakhiliya, the Sultanate of Oman, practice ethical leadership. To achieve the study’s objectives, the two researchers used the descriptive approach. A questionnaire was built and relied on a five-step scale, and the questionnaire was applied to a sample of (702) of Teachers of basic education schools in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. The results of the study showed that the teachers ’evaluation of the extent to which principals of basic education schools in the Governorate of Al Dakhiliya, the Sultanate of Oman, practice ethical leadership, obtained an overall average (4.36 out of 5), i.e. a score of (very high) and at the level of the axes. Where the knowledge axis got the highest average (4.39 out of 5), followed by the goal axis with an average (4.38), then authority with an average (4.35) and finally confidence with an average (4.32), all of which have a degree of practice (very high), The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences at the level (α 5 0.05) according to the gender variables in all axes (goal, knowledge, authority, confidence) in favor of the "female" category with a difference in the arithmetic mean, as well as scientific qualification in all axes in favor of a bachelor's degree. It is less, and there are no statistically significant differences due to the variable of job experience, the study concluded the importance of issuing a guide on administrative leadership ethics as a working guide for school administrations, as well as setting up specialized workshops and training programs to encourage principals, directorates' departments and schools at various levels to practice moral leadership.