Hanu, C., Dzandu, M.D., Yawson, M.T.A. and Mensah, P. 2025. Balancing the Bottom-Line: How Abusive Supervision and Relative Deprivation Influence Career Regret — The Moderating Role of Organisational Support. Management Decision.
| Title | Balancing the Bottom-Line: How Abusive Supervision and Relative Deprivation Influence Career Regret — The Moderating Role of Organisational Support |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Hanu, C., Dzandu, M.D., Yawson, M.T.A. and Mensah, P. |
| Abstract | Purpose — Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study explores the effect of managers’ abusive supervision and bottom-line mentality on employee relative deprivation and career regret. It also examines the moderating role of perceived organisational support in these relationships. Design/methodology/approach — The study uses cross-sectional survey data from 380 employees in the financial services sector of Ghana. SmartPLS v.4 was used to test four main hypotheses and four sub-hypotheses. Findings — Abusive supervision and relative deprivation lead to career regret. Managers’ bottom-line mentality has a significant positive relationship with relative deprivation. Organisational support moderates the effects of abusive supervision and bottom-line mentality on career regret but not on relative deprivation. Originality — The findings contribute to conservation of resources theory by examining how organisational support moderates the effects of abusive supervision and bottom-line mentality on employee relative deprivation and career regret in Ghana’s financial sector. |
| Keywords | Bottom-line mentality, abusive supervision, relative deprivation, career regret, organisational support. |
| Journal | Management Decision |
| ISSN | 0025-1747 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |