Ruling with an iron fist: the impact of despotic leadership on affective commitment through trust in leader and voice climate

Zeeshan Hamid

Evidence-based HRM, 2025, vol. 14, issue 3, 489-505

Abstract: PurposeThis study investigates the impact of despotic leadership on employees’ affective organizational commitment (AOC) by incorporating trust in the leader and voice climate as parallel mediators.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 304 employees working in Pakistan. The direct and indirect relationships were tested using Hayes’ PROCESS macro (Model 4) for SPSS.FindingsThe findings showed a negative relationship between despotic leadership and AOC. The findings also showed that despotic leadership negatively affected employees’ trust in the leader and voice climate. Finally, both trust in the leader and voice climate were found to parallelly mediate the relationship between despotic leadership and AOC.Originality/valueThis study extends the dark leadership literature by providing empirical evidence on the parallel mediation roles of trust in the leader and voice climate in the relationship between despotic leadership and AOC.

Keywords: Despotic leadership; Trust in the leader; Voice climate; Affective organizational commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1108/EBHRM-02-2025-0073

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