A managerial approach that entails a dominant

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Paternalistic leadership is a managerial approach that entails a dominant authoritative personality who acts as a matriarch or patriarch and treats partners and employees just like they are members of large extended families. In turn, the leaders expect trust, obedience and loyalty from the employees. A Paternalistic Leader creates such an amicable ambience at the workplace that employees consider their team as a family. Yearning to belong to a group is a natural human tendency. Just like families have a head; organizations have leaders, who occupy an authoritative position to determine what’s best for the team. Paternalistic leadership is an approach, where a leader is equipped to adhere to the interests of the employees and the organization.