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Exploitative leadership and organizational cynicism: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion

Mervat Elsaied (Faculty of Commerce Women Branch, Al-Azhar University, Tafhna Alashraf City, Egypt)

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ISSN: 0143-7739

Article publication date: 10 November 2021

Issue publication date: 27 January 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to clarify the relationship between exploitative leadership (EL) and organizational cynicism (OC). Besides, it aims also to examine the mediating role of emotional exhaustion (EE) underpinning this relation.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected by a questionnaire from 491 employees, who work in four telecom firms.

Findings

The paper provides empirical insights about how EL influenced OC; it suggested that EE fully mediated the positive relationship between EL and OC.

Originality/value

To the author’s knowledge, it is the first study to address the relationship between exploitative leadership and organizational cynicism. In addition, it is the first one to explore the mediating mechanism of emotional exhaustion underpinning this relation.

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Citation

Elsaied, M. (2022), "Exploitative leadership and organizational cynicism: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 1, pp. 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2021-0069

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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