Correlation analysis shows positive effects of paternalistic leadership on creativity and project success in IT, suggesting supervisor expectations enhance these relations.
Purpose: The present study was aimed to test the impact of paternalistic leadershipon project success of organization through the mediating mechanism of employeecreativity. Furthermore supervisor expectation for creativity was proposed possiblemoderator on the relationship of employee creativity and project success in the ITindustry of Pakistan.Methodology/Design: In order to test the aforementioned relationship correlationanalysis was performed thorough SPSS. Whereas AMOS was used to establish theconvergent and discriminant validity through CFA, as well as regression analysisFindings: Result provides paternalistic leadership positively predicts the creativityof employees. Creativity of employees was also found a significant mediatorbetween paternalistic leadership and project success. While the moderating effect ofsupervisor expectations for creativity was also found.Implication: The study comes with the conclusive finding that chances of projectsuccess can be improved in IT industry through paternalistic leadership style and itsoutcomes in term of employee’s creative behavior.
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