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• GROUP COHESION: A THERAPY AGAINST ABUSIVE SUPERVISION

  Iftikhar Hussain (Department of Business Administration, Foundation University Islamabad, PAKISTAN),
  Qazi Mohammed Ahmed (Department of Business Studies, Bahria University Islamabad, PAKISTAN),
  Amir Gulzar, Usama Usman, Sajjad Hussain (Department of Business Administration, Foundation University Islamabad, PAKISTAN).
  

  Disciplinary: Psychology, Management Sciences (HRM, Leadership, Organization Management).

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  DOI: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2020.235

  Keywords: Abusive boss; Knowledge sharing; Psychological capital; Group cohesiveness; Abusive behavior; Conservation of resources.

  Abstract
  Knowledge sharing can help organizations grow and progress, but abusive leaders can push employees to avoid sharing their knowledge, and Conservation of Resource theory explains how a decrease in psychological capital decreases knowledge sharing in organizations. This study examines if abusive supervision and knowledge sharing have a connection while if psychological capital mediates this connection and group cohesion moderates. From the Pakistani services sector, more than 239 participants from 40 different organizations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad participated in the study. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to prove the hypothesized negative relation of abusive supervision and knowledge sharing strong bonding (cohesion) of employees helped reduce the negative effect by improving psychological capital. The results from this study help managers to know how their abusive behavior can affect their subordinates. Also, organizations are supported by helping them know that good and strong relations in groups can boost their psychological capital to counter the abusive behavior of supervisors.
  
  

  Paper ID: 11A12J

  Cite this article:

  Hussain, I., Ahmed, Q.M., Gulzar, A., Usman, U., Hussain, S. (2020). GROUP COHESION: A THERAPY AGAINST ABUSIVE SUPERVISION. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11(12), 11A12J, 1-11.