ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness & influence of paternalistic leadership on top management team. Finally, we want to understand which element of the paternalistic leadership has effective influence on echelon team effectiveness. And the adaptability of paternalistic leadership model on echelon team leading. This study is according to 840 effective cases from 120 echelon teams belong to primary schools in the country, installed 6 team members completely. It is adopted SPSS FOR WINDOWS as the tool for sampling data in descriptive statistic and examination the correlated coefficient Cronbach¡¦s £\ of all variables. Relativity analysis is used to analyze the relationship among all variables. Block regression analysis is used to examine the predictability of team effectiveness in each element of paternalistic leadership and the paternalistic leadership model. The results are present in below. 1. The elements, benevolence and moral, have significantly positive prediction on echelon team effectiveness, including team performance, team commitment, team cooperation & leading satisfaction . 2. The authoritarianism has significantly negative expectation on echelon team effectiveness excluding team performance. 3. The paternalistic leadership model has significantly prediction on echelon team effectiveness. 4. In paternalistic leadership model, authoritarianism hasn¡¦t negative reaction on team performance & team commitment. Keywords: team leadership, paternalistic leadership, echelon team, team effectiveness