The Effects of Authoritarian Leadership on Employee Feedback Avoidance Behavior
Based on the theory of psychological contract,this study investigated the impact of authoritative leadership on employees'feedback avoidance behavior and its underlying mechanism.The questionnaire data from 283 employees were analyzed.The results showed that authoritative leadership had a significant positive influence on feedback avoidance behavior.This relationship was partially mediated by organization-based self-esteem.Additionally,employee psychological resilience played a crucial role in moderating the negative association between authoritative leadership and organization-based self-esteem,such that higher level of psychological resilience weakened this relationship.Furthermore,employee psychological resilience also served as an additional moderator in the mediating effect of organization-based self-esteem on the relationship between authoritarian leadership and feedback avoidance behavior.Specifically,when the level of psychological resilience was high for employees,the indirect impact of authoritarian leadership on feedback avoidance behavior through organization-based self-esteem was attenuated.