Entrepreneur's paternalistic leadership style and creativity The mediating role of employee voice

Purpose - Despite the number of studies on employee voice much remains unknown regarding the mediating role of employee voice in the link between entrepreneur's paternalistic leadership style and creativity. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of authoritarian, benevolent and moral leadership on creativity via employee voice. Design/methodology/approach - The study utilized structured equation modeling to evaluate the data from 387 highly skilled employees in Republic of Korea. Findings - The findings suggested that authoritarian leadership style reduces employee voice which in turn impacts on creativity and moral leadership facilitates creativity via employee voice. Originality/value - The study is the first to discover the mediating role of employee voice on the association between authoritarian, moral leadership and creativity.