The study role mediator mental health in relationship between dimension paternalistic leadership with performance job.

This study aimed to investigate role mediator mental health in relationship between dimension paternalistic leadership with performance job. This research any sort study is descriptive correlational study sample included all staff year 1396 lorestan university has established a number of 575 people. The statistical sample of 234 people is the sample using the method stratified proportional size selected. For data collection questionnaires. Paternalistic Leadership vivian sheer (2012), Performance Job paterson (1970) and Mental Health Goldberg & Hillier (1979) was used. For the analysis using of structural equation modeling.The results show that Among the dimensions of paternalistic leadership, relationship authoritarian leadership with job performance reduse (β= - 0/262)relationship benevolent leadership (β = 0.288) and etical leadership (β = 0.186) to increased with job performance. The relationship authoritarian leadership decreases with mental health (B = -0.248),relationship benevolent leadership (β = 0.175), and etical leadership (β = 0.452) increase with mental health of theemployee. Ther is relationship increase between mental health with job performance (β = 0.298). The effect of authoritarian leadership on job performance was indirect (β = - 0.073) explained with mediating role of mental health(β= - 0.335).