The Influence of Paternalistic Leadership on the Creative Behavior of Knowledge Workers-Based on the Perspective of Psychological Contractual Perception

Employee innovation is the foundation of enterprise innovation. Each knowledge worker should be an innovation unit. This reminds managers that they need to examine their own behaviors and methods in the process of organization and management from the perspective of employees. This study is based on the perspective of social exchange theory. Through the combination of interviews and questionnaire surveys, we have referenced domestic and international scales, and analyzed the paternalistic leadership style, psychological contractual awareness, and employee innovation behavior using statistical methods such as correlation analysis and regression analysis. The relationship between paternalistic leadership and the employee’s innovative behavior was discussed. The results of this study show that: 1) In the unidimensional analysis, there is a positive relationship among benevolent leadership in paternalistic leadership, psychological and psychological perception, and employee innovation behavior; 2) Authoritarian leadership and psychological contract perception, there is a negative correlation between employee innovation behaviors; 3) There is a significant positive relationship between psychological contract perception and employee innovation behavior.