Envy and Employee Job Engagement: The Mediating Role of Abusive Supervision

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine an impact of envy (E) on employee job engagement (EJE) by examined the Mediating role of abusive supervision (AS). Test like Reliability, Correlation and multiple linear regressions were used in analysis. Mediation was tested by utilizing the Baron and Kenny method. This research shows the relationship of envy, abusive supervision and employee job engagement. Results revealed that envy has negative impact on employee job engagement and envy has positive impact on abusive supervision. Moreover, abusive supervision has negative effect on employee job engagement. Current research examines wide-ranging framework for developing countries for envy, abusive supervision and employee job engagement in a single model. This research explores the phenomenon of E, AS and EJE in textile sector which is infrequently addressed in developing countries and will helpful for countries like Pakistan for improving the level of EJE. This research examined that AS act as partial mediator for the relation of E with EJE.