Li Miao, Ahmed Ammar, Syed Obed Rashdi, Khalid Nadeem, Muñoz José E
School of Marxism, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Department of Management Sciences, MNS-University of Engineering and Technology, Multan, Pakistan.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 22;13:947258. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.947258. eCollection 2022.
Based on the social exchange theory, the present study aimed to investigate the association between abusive leader behavior and job insecurity while considering the serial intervention of abusive peer behavior and emotional exhaustion. Abusive leader behavior triggers abusive peer behaviors, emotional exhaustion, and job insecurity. Results from the data of 323 final responses indicated support for all the hypothesized relationships. Moreover, the findings also reported sequential mediation of abusive peer behavior and emotional exhaustion in the association between abusive leader behavior and job insecurity. The results indicate that mistreatment by an immediate boss can encourage peers to engage in similar unethical behaviors, leading to employees feeling emotionally exhausted, which ultimately results in job insecurity concerns. The study hopes that the findings will help practitioners dedicate more efforts to curtailing abusive behaviors that lead to several unintended consequences at work.
基于社会交换理论，本研究旨在探讨在考虑虐待型同伴行为和情绪衰竭的序列干预作用时，虐待型领导行为与工作不安全感之间的关联。虐待型领导行为会引发虐待型同伴行为、情绪衰竭和工作不安全感。对323份最终回复数据的分析结果支持了所有假设关系。此外，研究结果还表明，在虐待型领导行为与工作不安全感的关联中，虐待型同伴行为和情绪衰竭起到了序列中介作用。结果表明，直属上司的虐待行为会促使同事做出类似的不道德行为，导致员工感到情绪衰竭，最终引发对工作不安全感的担忧。该研究希望这些发现能帮助从业者付出更多努力来减少那些会在工作中导致诸多意外后果的虐待行为。
