A Mediating role of Experiential Avoidance between the Relationship of Downward Envy, Abusive Supervisions and Turnover Intention with Moderating role of Co-worker Support

Abstract

The study was conducted to check the mediating role of experiential avoidance between the relationship of downward envy, abusive supervisions and turnover intention, a moderating role of Co-worker support. The study has been conducted in the education sector and the private institutions in Islamabad were taken as the target population. Based on the convenient sampling, the study has included 300 faculty members were included in the data collection process. Closed ended structured questionnaire were used for the data collection. The regression model shows that downward envy has significant effect on abusive supervision and intention to quit. The findings of moderating model show that perceived co-worker support has significant moderating role between downward envy, abusive supervision and intention to quit. Experiential avoidance has significant mediating role between downward envy, abusive supervision and intention to quit.