2018-10-152018-10-152017https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3269Supervised by: Dr. Ameer Abdul BasitEmployee engagement is a positive outcome attribute after experiencing three psychological conditions which are interconnected to self in role. It refers to the complete contribution of one's intellectual (cognitive), emotive, and physical vitalities in the performance of work-role. Employees are considered as engaged when they are cognitively attentive, fervently (emotionally) connected, and physically involved while carrying out their work roles. Recent research has shown that employees tend to withdraw their investment of energies in their work roles when they perceive their supervisors to be abusive towards them. Considering the importance of supervision and employees' engagement for the effective function of organizations, the purpose of this study is to focus on the association between abusive supervision and employee engagement in greater depth. Drawing from theory of self-in-role engagement by Kahn, this study proposed that abusive supervision negatively impacts employee engagement by reducing psychological safety (mediator) among house officers and medical officers. This study used cross-sectional design, data were obtained from 221 healthcare professionals including house officers and medical officers only, employed in three public hospitals of Lahore. Results disclosed that abusive supervision is negatively associated with engagement of healthcare professionals, and psychological safety significantly mediated this relationship.enEmployee engagementPsychological conditionsMS ThesisThesis