The moderating role of organizational culture in the effect of personality traits of individuals in generation Z on paternalistic leadership perception

The aim of this study is to investigate personality traits of generation Z according to paternalistic leadership perception. The other aim is to investigate the moderating role of organizational culture in this relationship. The study consists of data obtained from Generation Z member working in tourism sector. The study included four different educational institution students (two universities and two high schools) and one five-star hotel staff who worked in hotels or did internships. The sample of the study consists of 386 Z generation members. The data obtained in the study were collected by questionnaire method. Correlation and regression analyzes were used to analyze the data obtained. According to the results of correlation analysis, there is a significant and similar relationship between extraversion, responsibility and openness to experience and paternalistic leadership. Among the organizational culture dimensions, the dimension of individualism-collective behaviorism has a same direction with extraversion, responsibility, openness to experience and paternalistic leadership. There is a relationship in the same direction between avoidance of uncertainty dimension of organizational culture and responsibility, openness to experience and paternalistic leadership. According to the results of regression analysis, extraversion, responsibility and openness to experience from the personality traits of Generation Z affect paternalistic leadership perception in the same direction. In this relationship, the moderating effect of organizational culture is significant only when it interacts with responsibility dimension from personality traits. Keywords: Paternalistic Leadership, Generation Z, Personality, Organizational Culture