The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Employee Creativity, with the Mediating Effect of Emotional Exhaustion: A study on R&D Sector in Twin Cities of Pakistan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of abusive supervision on employee creativity with the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion on the Research & Development sector in twin cities of Pakistan. The population of the research study is Research & Development employees working in the private sector-based organization. Data was collected through quantitative research techniques by using questionnaires from a sample of 214. A simple random sampling technique was adopted. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. Results of the study shown that abusive supervision is a negative and significant effect on employee creativity. Similarly, the study showed that emotional exhaustion has a mediating effect on abusive supervision and employee creativity.