| In recent years, the rise of Chinese merchants in economic and psychological study of domestic double, helped by a large number of psychologists began to talk about the Chinese traditional culture and values-based leadership styles, leadership style is considered to be important factors that affect organizational performance, paternalistic leadership is considered to be distinct from the western style of leadership and Chinese businessmen seek for one of the main style of leadership in your organization. At the same time, in the study of modern enterprises, authorization is considered the essence of modern enterprise management effectiveness. However, there is no clear paternalistic leadership, psychological studies on links between the mandate and work performance. Therefore, complement and expand based on past research, explore the paternalistic relationship between leadership and work performance, and explore the role of psychological empowerment in the process to enrich the local leadership theory research is of great theoretical and practical significance. This article related literature at home and abroad on the basis of the analysis, based on statistical analysis of survey results, discussion explored the effects of paternalistic leadership on job performance, further discussion on the psychological empowerment in the paternalistic role between the leadership and work performance. Studies have shown that in mainland China, paternalistic leadership on work performance to promote and facilitate the role of psychological empowerment in which the intermediary role to play. This research to understand how paternalistic relationship between leadership and work performance, and psychological empowerment in the paternalistic leadership role for managers with work performance optimized management efficiency, improve employee job performance and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises have immeasurable significance. |