Abusive supervision, occupational well-being and job performance: The critical role of attention–awareness mindfulness

Dirk De Clercq, Sadia Jahanzeb and Tasneem Fatima
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Sadia Jahanzeb: Goodman School of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Tasneem Fatima: Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Australian Journal of Management, 2022, vol. 47, issue 2, 273-297

Abstract: Drawing from the job demands–resources (JD-R) model, this study sets out to investigate two complementary mechanisms that underpin the connection between employees’ exposure to abusive supervision and diminished job performance – one that is health-related (higher emotional exhaustion) and another that is motivation-related (lower work engagement). It also examines how this harmful process might be contained by employees’ mindfulness, particularly as manifest in its attention–awareness component. Data collected across three points in time among employees and supervisors in different organizations show that the motivation-based mechanism is more prominent than its health-impairment counterpart in connecting abusive supervision with lower job performance. The results also reveal a buffering effect of employees’ mindfulness on their responses to abusive supervision. JEL Classification: M50

Keywords: Abusive supervision; emotional exhaustion; job demands–resources model; job performance; mindfulness; work engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/03128962211037772

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