Unmasking the Administrative and Managerial Impact: Investigating Exploitative Leadership on Employee Absenteeism through Cognitive Appraisal
Keywords:
Exploitative Leadership, Employee Absenteeism, Cognitive AppraisalAbstract
The current investigation explores exploitative leadership's influence on employee absenteeism by utilizing the Stress, Appraisal, and Coping (SAC) theory. The theory posits that this relationship is mediated by emotional exhaustion among individuals employed within the federal public sector organizations under the Federal Education & Professional Training Division (FEPTD), Government. The study also explores emotional intelligence as a moderating variable in the connection between exploitative leadership and absenteeism. The research was conducted in a natural environment using a survey method with questionnaires administered to employees at three different time intervals (T1, T2, and T3). A five-point Likert scale was used for responses. The study employed a deductive approach, a time-lag research design, and a convenient sampling technique. The hypothesized framework was analyzed using AMOS and SPSS. The results indicate that employees who work under the influence of exploitative leaders are more prone to engage in absenteeism. The findings of the present research advocate that employees working under the supervisory role of exploitative leadership often experience a state of being overwhelmed, which leads to emotional exhaustion and consequently further intensifies the behavior of absenteeism as a coping mechanism. Notably, employees' emotional intelligence serves as a mitigating factor, diminishing the magnitude and frequency of absenteeism within the workplace.
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