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Abusive supervision and psychological well-being: the mediating role of self-determination and moderating role of perceived person-organization fit

Wenxian Wang (Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China) (Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea)
Seung-Wan Kang (Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea)
Suk Bong Choi (College of Global Business, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea)
Wonho Jeung (Gachon University, Seongnam, South Korea)

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ISSN: 0143-7739

Article publication date: 30 January 2024

Issue publication date: 29 April 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Today, psychological well-being is increasingly valued by organizations because it is integral to employee performance. The style of leaders supervising their subordinates is an important influence on their psychological well-being. Abusive supervision can lead to a depletion of resources among their subordinates by inducing psychological stress, leading to a decline in psychological well-being. In this research, the authors use the conservation of resources (COR) theory and self-determination theory to examine the mechanism between abusive supervision and psychological well-being. This study can contribute to previous research by applying the COR theory and self-determination theory, which were not discussed, to explain the relationship between leader's leadership behavior and psychological well-being of organizational members.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conduct a multi-time data collection method of two waves with six-week intervals. The authors received 322 samples and conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to test result validity and used multiple regression to examine the direct and moderating effects. Additionally, the authors used the bootstrapping method to test mediating effects.

Findings

The results show that abusive supervision is negatively related to psychological well-being and self-determination plays the mediating role between them, while perceived person-organization fit is the moderator between self-determination and psychological well-being.

Originality/value

The authors identified self-determination as the mediator between abusive supervision and psychological well-being and perceived person-organization fit plays the moderating role between self-determination and psychological well-being.

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Citation

Wang, W., Kang, S.-W., Choi, S.B. and Jeung, W. (2024), "Abusive supervision and psychological well-being: the mediating role of self-determination and moderating role of perceived person-organization fit", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 45 No. 3, pp. 423-441. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2023-0001

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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