Examining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation

The competitiveness and sustainability of employees in service and non-service-based organizations continue to trigger scholars’ interest to investigate the related factors. As per the review of literature, there are only a few studies have been conducted on abusive supervision and intrinsic motivat...

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Autores principales: Kanwal Hussain, Zuhair Abbas, Saba Gulzar, Abdul Bashiru Jibril, Altaf Hussain
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d041b4fd12f44c189906fcfd202700982021-12-02T15:59:51ZExamining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation2331-197510.1080/23311975.2020.1818998https://doaj.org/article/d041b4fd12f44c189906fcfd202700982020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1818998https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975The competitiveness and sustainability of employees in service and non-service-based organizations continue to trigger scholars’ interest to investigate the related factors. As per the review of literature, there are only a few studies have been conducted on abusive supervision and intrinsic motivation about employee psychological wellbeing and turnover intention. We applied the social exchange theory to abusive supervisors at the workplace. This study, therefore, explores the direct and indirect relationship between abusive supervision on subordinate psychological wellbeing and turnover in service-based organizations. This empirical study employs a quantitative research methodology to establish the mediating influence of intrinsic motivation between the underlying constructs. Out of 300 research questionnaires distributed to full-time employees working in service-based organizations in Pakistan, 225 responses were successful for analysis, and validation was conducted through partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results of this study demonstrate that abusive supervision (AS) positively impacting on both psychological wellbeing (PWB) and turnover intentions (TI) of the employees. More importantly, intrinsic motivation (IM) is also positively and significantly mediate the relationship between AS and PWB, and AS and TI. The study provides substantial implications to managers and leaders by redesigning existing strategies to promote a feasible culture within the working environment for the employees to improve performance. The current study enhances existing literature on employee wellbeing and human resource management by integrating intrinsic motivation (IM) as a mediation model/concept. Limitations and future research directions have been discussed in the entire paper.Kanwal HussainZuhair AbbasSaba GulzarAbdul Bashiru JibrilAltaf HussainTaylor & Francis Grouparticleabusive supervisionpsychological wellbeingintrinsic motivationturnover intentionpakistanBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic abusive supervision
psychological wellbeing
intrinsic motivation
turnover intention
pakistan
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle abusive supervision
psychological wellbeing
intrinsic motivation
turnover intention
pakistan
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Kanwal Hussain
Zuhair Abbas
Saba Gulzar
Abdul Bashiru Jibril
Altaf Hussain
Examining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation
description The competitiveness and sustainability of employees in service and non-service-based organizations continue to trigger scholars’ interest to investigate the related factors. As per the review of literature, there are only a few studies have been conducted on abusive supervision and intrinsic motivation about employee psychological wellbeing and turnover intention. We applied the social exchange theory to abusive supervisors at the workplace. This study, therefore, explores the direct and indirect relationship between abusive supervision on subordinate psychological wellbeing and turnover in service-based organizations. This empirical study employs a quantitative research methodology to establish the mediating influence of intrinsic motivation between the underlying constructs. Out of 300 research questionnaires distributed to full-time employees working in service-based organizations in Pakistan, 225 responses were successful for analysis, and validation was conducted through partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results of this study demonstrate that abusive supervision (AS) positively impacting on both psychological wellbeing (PWB) and turnover intentions (TI) of the employees. More importantly, intrinsic motivation (IM) is also positively and significantly mediate the relationship between AS and PWB, and AS and TI. The study provides substantial implications to managers and leaders by redesigning existing strategies to promote a feasible culture within the working environment for the employees to improve performance. The current study enhances existing literature on employee wellbeing and human resource management by integrating intrinsic motivation (IM) as a mediation model/concept. Limitations and future research directions have been discussed in the entire paper.
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author Kanwal Hussain
Zuhair Abbas
Saba Gulzar
Abdul Bashiru Jibril
Altaf Hussain
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Saba Gulzar
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title Examining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation
title_short Examining the impact of abusive supervision on employees’ psychological wellbeing and turnover intention: The mediating role of intrinsic motivation
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