The Interaction between Supervisor Undermining and Supervisor Support: The Moderating Role of Prevention Focus

Year 2017, Volume: 46 Issue: 1, 34 - 46, 01.05.2017

Engin Bağış Öztürk , Gökhan Karagonlar

Abstract

The present research examines the moderator effects of chronic prevention focus and supervisor support on the relationship between supervisor undermining and turnover intention. It was predicted that the aggravating influence of supervisor support in the relationship between supervisor undermining and turnover intention would depend on employee’s chronic prevention focus. The results of analyses on a sample of 163 health employees from two different institutions suggest that supervisor support may increase the harmful effect of supervisor undermining on turnover intention only among employees with a high chronic prevention focus. Our findings contribute to a greater understanding concerning when support and undermining from the same supervisor leads to negative outcomes.

Keywords

Supervisor Undermining, Supervisor Support, Regulatory Focus, Chronic Prevention Focus, Turnover Intention

İlk Yönetici Baltalaması ile Desteği Arasındaki Etkileşim: Önleme Odağının Biçimlendirici Rolü

Abstract

Bu çalışma ilk yönetici baltalaması ile işten ayrılma niyeti ilişkisinde kronik önleme odağı ile ilk yönetici desteğinin biçimlendirici rollerini incelemektedir. Bu çalışmada ilk yönetici baltalaması ile işten ayrılma niyeti ilişkisinde ilk yönetici desteğinin kötüleştirici etkisinin çalışanların kronik önleme odağına bağlı olduğu iddia edilmektedir. İki farklı kurumdan toplanan 163 kişilik sağlık çalışanı örnekleminde yapılan analizlere göre sadece yüksek kronik önleme odağına sahip çalışanlarda, ilk yönetici desteğinin ilk yönetici baltalaması ile işten ayrılma niyeti ilişkisi üzerindeki zararlı etkisi artmaktadır. Bu çalışmadaki bulgular aynı yöneticiden hem destek görmenin hem de baltalamaya maruz kalmanın hangi durumda olumsuz sonuçları olabileceğinin anlaşılmasına katkı sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

İlk Yönetici Baltalaması, İlk Yönetici Desteği, Düzenleyici Odak, Kronik Önleme Odağı, İşten Ayrılma Niyeti

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