A hurting embrace does not last long: toxicity of abusive supervision erodes leader and organizational identification to cause turnover intention

PurposeThe study aims to investigate the mediating roles of leadership identification and organizational identification linking abusive supervision to employees' turnover intention.Design/methodology/approachUsing a self-administer survey design, data were collected from 229 nursing workforce e...

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Published in:Journal of health organization and management 2024-01, Vol.38 (1), p.92-111
Main Authors: Yasmeen, Atiya, Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz, Ahmed, Syed Saad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employee turnover
Health care management
Hospitals
Identification
Job performance
Leadership
Nurses
Nursing
Professional identity
Self esteem
Subordinates
Supervision
Supervisor-Subordinate interactions
Supervisors
Workforce
Workplace violence
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Summary:PurposeThe study aims to investigate the mediating roles of leadership identification and organizational identification linking abusive supervision to employees' turnover intention.Design/methodology/approachUsing a self-administer survey design, data were collected from 229 nursing workforce employed in hospitals located in Karachi.FindingsThe research findings show that abusive supervision has a considerably positive influence on turnover intention. The findings also show that abusive supervision negatively affects nurses' leadership identification and organizational identification. Leadership identification and organizational identification were found to be negatively related to nurses' turnover intention. Finally, leadership identification and organizational identification were found to parallelly mediate the relationship between abusive supervision and turnover intention.Originality/valueThis study helped uncover the previously unknown parallel mediating mechanism of organizational identification and leadership identification. Additionally, abusive supervision was found to negatively affect employees' leadership identification.
ISSN:1477-7266
1758-7247
DOI:10.1108/JHOM-03-2023-0082