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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2022.vol9.no6.0331

The Relationship Between Despotic Leadership and Employee Outcomes: An Empirical Study from Pakistan  

KHAN, Hafiz Ghufran Ali (Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University)
AHMED, Irshad (DEMM, University of Sannio)
Ul AIN, Qurat (Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages)
MUMTAZ, Roohi (Program Coordinator, Al-Flah University)
IKRAM, Memoona (Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.9, no.6, 2022 , pp. 331-341 More about this Journal
Abstract
Through emotional exhaustion, this study empirically tests followers' behavioral responses to autocratic leaders. The current research focuses on effects caused by despotic leadership on followers' emotional exhaustion, which leads to employee outcomes such as interpersonal deviances and indirect aggression. The association between despotic leadership and results (employee interpersonal deviance and indirect violence) is investigated in this study. In this study, emotional exhaustion is used as a mediator. Furthermore, negative affectivity is used as a moderator between despotic leadership and emotional exhaustion. A time-lagged framework is employed with a sample of 255 respondents. Age, qualification, marital status, gender, grade, type of organization, department, and job experience are among the eight demographical questions in this study. After evaluating the data for normality, correlation analysis was performed, followed by moderation and mediation analysis. The current study explores the link between despotic leadership and emotional exhaustion among followers, arguing that a despotic leader will leave followers exhausted at work. Emotional exhaustion was also linked to interpersonal deviances, such as indirect aggression, in a significant and positive way. Employee outcomes, such as interpersonal deviances and indirect aggressiveness through emotional exhaustion, will be influenced by a despotic leader, according to the findings.
Keywords
Despotic Leadership; Emotional Exhaustion; Interpersonal Deviances; Indirect Aggression;
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