Impact of Abusive supervision on employees’ Turnover intentions
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2020-07-10
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
Turnover is considered as a major challenge for management in all trades and industries.
Organizations that are unable to cope and address employee turnover, have to tolerate accruing
cost and consequences. Setting premise of social exchange theory, aim of this research is to
investigate whether turnover intentions of employees are impacted by Abusive supervision,
besides that in this present research work perceptions of organizational politics (POPS) was
tested performing mediating role. This is a cross sectional research based on deductive approach.
300 employees working in the footwear manufacturing sector were requested to provide
feedback on questionnaire using the convenience sampling technique. 216 questionnaires were
up to the mark and used in SPSS for statistical testing. The results obtained from SPSS 21
indicates; Abusive supervision holds positive association with turnover intentions and POPS.
POPS holds positive association with turnover intentions of employees. Moreover, finding
revealed that POPS partially mediated the positive relationship of abusive supervision and
employee turnover intentions. Results may be utilized as a milestone for drafting training and
development programs aimed to educating and supporting supervisors and their subordinates to
formulate conducive working environment for everyone. This study is among few empirical
studies to probe and report the negative influence of Abusive supervision on turnover intentions
with an insight of POPS.