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ABSTRACT
Recognizing that bullying can occur in varying degrees of severity, the current study suggest the importance of individual traits in individual perceptions of being targets of bullying and ensuing emotional exhaustion. The present study extends the work environment hypothesis and trait activation theory by a joint investigation of the mediating role of (a) workplace bullying in linking perceived organization politics and perceived organization support with emotional exhaustion and (b) the moderating role of Type A behavioral pattern in influencing the mediation. Using a field sample of 262 employees working in different organizations of Pakistan, this study tested a moderated mediation model. Results were consistent with the hypothesized model, in that workplace bullying mediated the relationship of perceived organization politics and perceived organization support with emotional exhaustion. Type A behavior moderated the perceived politics—bullying, perceived support–bullying, and bullying—emotional exhaustion relationships. The mediation of bullying varied with levels of Type A behavior in these relationships.
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Saima Naseer
Saima Naseer completed her PhD in Management/Organizational Behavior from the Faculty of Management Sciences (FMS), International Islamic University (IIUI) in 2015 and is also serving as Lecturer at the FMS, IIUI. Her current research interests include Workplace Bullying, Dark Triad personality, psychological detachment from work during off job time, Despotic leadership, Abusive Supervision, transformational leadership, Organization Injustice, and Aggression/Retaliatory behaviors. Dr. Naseer has published papers in the Leadership Quarterly, European Journal of Business and Management, International Journal of Contemporary Business studies and Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research. She has presented her papers at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM), Southern Management Association (SMA), Western Academy of Management (WAM), Intellectbase International Consortium, International Conference on interdisciplinary social sciences and International Academy of Management and Business Conference (IAMB).
Usman Raja
Usman Raja is an Associate Professor of OB and HR at the Goodman School of Business at Brock University, Canada. He received his PhD in Management from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, Canada. He has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Human Relations, The Leadership Quarterly, and the Journal of Business Ethics. His research interests include personality, psychological contracts, justice, leadership, and work place bullying.
Magda Bezerra Leite Donia
Magda B. L. Donia joined the Telfer School of Management in 2011 as an assistant professor of human resource management and organizational behavior. Dr. Donia earned a Ph.D. in Administration from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, an M.Sc. from the same university and a B.A. in Political Science from McGill University. She is multilingual (fluent in English and Portuguese, and with working knowledge of Spanish and French) having lived in Brazil, Canada and Europe. Dr. Donia's main research interests focus on individual and organizational giving exceeding formal role expectations. At the individual level, she is interested in why employees perform organizational citizenship behaviors and more specifically, in understanding whether different motivations lead to different contributions.