To establish the link between aversive leadership and work outcomes: An empirical evidence

Abstract

This research aims to establish the link between aversive leadership and work outcomes for the first time. This study was conducted in service and manufacturing sector in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Haripur, and Peshawar, while only those organizations were selected for this study where supervisor and subordinate and peer relations were established. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from the different organization of the said sector and the sample size was (n=340). Results of the study revealed that aversive leadership was positively and significantly related to job stress, employee organizational deviance, follower aggressive voice and negatively as well significantly related to lower follower performance. This study also tests all hypotheses through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) through this technique the hypothesis of the study also confirmed.