MY WAY OR THE HIGH WAY: ROLE OF LEADER IN CENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING AND EMPLOYEE RECALCITRANT BEHAVIOR

Author(s) : Ayesha Ali

Abstract:

The paper highlights the association of centralized decision making by employer with recalcitrant behavior of employees in presence of a leader as a mediating variable in public or private universities of Lahore, Pakistan. The investigation tries to understand whether the centralized decision making by the employer is related to the satisfaction or recalcitrant behavior in employees of an organization due to the presence of a powerful employee leader. The constructs are studied through mixed methodology in a cross-sectional comparative setting by administering 250 online questionnaires and 30 interviews of the faculty. The results indicate that centralized decision making by employer with leader playing the mediating role and the related perceptions lead to recalcitrant behavior in the university faculty. This has significant insights for the employee protest, resistance, and unrest in the universities as well as organizational image, sustainability and productivity.