Does hostile environment encourages abusive supervision and deviant work behaviours: a mediation approach Online publication date: Tue, 06-Dec-2022
by Muhammad Khaleel; Shankar Chelliah
International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics (IJBGE), Vol. 17, No. 1, 2023
Abstract: This study aims to examine the role of hostile climate in initiating abusive supervision and the mediating role of abusive supervision between the relationship of perceived hostile climate and workplace deviance. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect the data from the 358 respondents in manufacturing SMEs in Pakistan. Results of the study revealed that perceived hostile climate is significantly related to abusive supervision and workplace deviance. Abusive supervision is significantly related to workplace deviance and it mediates the relationship between perceived hostile climate and workplace deviance. The findings of the current study give insight to the academicians and managers on the prevalence of abuse in the workplace. Further, limitations and future recommendations are given in this study. To the best of our knowledge, this study is one of its own kinds no such study has been conducted before.
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