Abstract:

Abusive executive behavior is a behavior that includes verbal and non-verbal hostility behaviors, except for physical attacks by managers. As one of the examples of destructive behavior in organizations, it may affect employees’ attitude and behaviors. The reduction in the sense of personal accomplishment includes an assessment of the employee's own inadequacy and failure, and may be further enhanced by abusive executive behavior. Emotional exhaustion, which is another variable of the study, is that employees feel a great deal of loss of their emotional resources based on the stress of the task they perform. The main purpose of this study is to explore the mediating role of emotional exhaustion on the effect of abusive supervision on the decrease of personal sense of accomplishment. The data of the study were obtained from 169 teachers working in public sector schools through survey technique. The data of the study were obtained by the convenience sampling method. The results of the research revealed that abusive supervision had a positive effect on the decrease of personal sense of accomplishment and emotional exhaustion; emotional exhaustion had a positive effect on the decrease of personal sense of accomplishment; emotional exhaustion had a mediating role on the effect of abusive supervision on the decrease of personal sense of accomplishment. 

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