Authoritarian leadership is an important topic in management research. The findings in different previous research are inconsistent. This research aims to explore the role of authoritarian leadership for employee's performance in project line. Based upon goal setting theory, this research wants to find the moderating role of power distance for authoritarian leadership on employee performance and job role clarity. 250 Supervisors and crew leads are taken as
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