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Table 3 Results of hierarchical regression analysis for leadership preferences

From: Chinese employees’ leadership preferences and the relationship with power distance orientation and core self-evaluation

Variables

Transformational

Authoritarian

Benevolent

Moral

M1

M2

M3

M4

M1

M2

M3

M4

M1

M2

M3

M4

M1

M2

M3

M4

Controls

 Gender

0.10

0.09

0.10*

0.10*

−0.14**

−0.09*

−0.08

−0.09

− 0.21**

−0.21**

− 0.20**

−0.20**

0.13**

0.11 *

0.11*

0.11*

 Junior college

−0.04

−0.04

− 0.06

−0.06

0.02

0.04

0.03

0.03

−0.02

−0.02

− 0.03

−0.03

− 0.04

−0.05

− 0.05

−0.05

 College

−0.04

−0.04

− 0.05

−0.05

− 0.06

−0.01

− 0.01

−0.03

− 0.01

−0.01

− 0.02

−0.02

− 0.02

−0.05

− 0.05

−0.05

 Postgraduate

−0.03

−0.03

− 0.03

−0.03

− 0.07

−0.02

− 0.02

−0.02

− 0.00

−0.00

− 0.01

−0.01

0.06

0.04

0.04

0.04

 Age 31–40

−0.03

−0.03

− 0.05

−0.05

− 0.04

−0.06

− 0.06

−0.06

− 0.06

−0.06

− 0.07

−0.07

− 0.11*

−0.10

− 0.11*

−0.11*

 Age 41–50

−0.08

−0.08

− 0.06

−0.06

0.10*

0.09

0.10*

0.10*

−0.03

−0.03

− 0.02

−0.02

− 0.09

−0.09

− 0.08

−0.08

 Age above 51

−0.04

−0.04

− 0.02

−0.02

− 0.04

0.00

0.02

0.01

0.04

0.04

0.06

0.06

0.08*

0.06

0.07

0.07

 Subordinate

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.06

0.07

0.03

0.04

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.06

−0.02

−0.01

0.00

−0.00

 Power Distance Orientation

 

−0.03

−0.09

− 0.09

 

0.50**

0.47**

0.44**

 

0.01

−0.04

−0.04

 

−0.20**

− 0.22**

−0.22**

 CSE

  

0.28**

0.28**

  

0.14**

0.11*

  

0.23**

0.24**

  

0.08

0.08

 Interaction term

   

−0.02

   

0.15**

   

−0.03

   

0.01

 R2

0.02

0.02

0.09

0.09

0.05

0.29

0.31

0.33

0.05

0.05

0.10

0.10

0.05

0.09

0.10

0.10

 ∆R2

 

0.00

0.07**

0.00

 

0.24**

0.02**

0.02**

 

0.00

0.05**

0.00

 

0.04**

0.01

0.00

  1. N = 423; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01;
  2. Standard coefficients are reported