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perceived narcissistic supervision
emotional exhaustion
psychological contract violation
employee silence
job well-being
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Drawing on recent research’s gap, highlighting the effects of perceived narcissistic supervision and adverse working conditions on employees’ performance behaviors, the present study extends this concept and examines the effects of supervisor narcissism and workplace bullying on job wellbeing and employee silence by mediating roles of psychological contracts violation and emotional exhaustions . A pilot study was conducted on data of 51 employees are working in fast food industry and Confirmatory factor analysis has been revealed. Further, data of 616 employees was collected in order to assess the relationships between study variables on process macro by Andrew Hayes. The obtained results show the direct positive relation of perceived narcissistic supervision, workplace bullying with employee silence, and negative with job wellbeing behaviors. These further reveal the significant indirect relationships between the variables and support the research hypotheses. Findings are important as key academic contributions and implications for organizations to meet the challenges of adverse working conditions. Limitations and future recommendations are provided for researchers to assess the generalizability of present study.
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