Twenty-third International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations

Abstract

One of the factors that influences employee turnover is the leadership style of the supervisor. Appropriate leadership style can effectively motivate employees, enhance their psychological security and organizational performance; abusive supervision can cause psychological turmoil among employees and bring many negative effects to the organization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the abusive supervision of Company K and the subsequent adverse consequences. The results show that abusive supervision can indeed lead to negative consequences such as psychological insecurity, lower self-efficacy, and increased turnover intention of employees. Therefore, this study proposes three improvement plans, and suggest that organizations should try to reduce abusive supervision and avoid talent loss and hidden costs.