Failure of Organizational Trust by Psychopath Managers: Exploring the Role of Abusive Supervision and Decline of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

Background & Purpose: The existence of psychotic characteristics such as deception, lying and insulting others in managers cause negative attitudes and various deviant behaviors in the workplace. This research has studied the effect of psychopath managers on reducing employees' organizational trust through the occurrence of abusive supervisory behaviors and decline of job satisfaction. Methodology: This is an applied and descriptive-survey research. Its statistical population consists of employees of companies active in the metal industry of Kerman, which 350 of them have been randomly selected as a statistical sample. Data were collected by a questionnaire and analyzed by structural equation modeling and PLS software. Findings: Psychopath management had a positive effect on abusive supervision and a negative effect on job satisfaction and organizational trust. Also, although its direct effect on organizational trust has not been confirmed, it has had a negative effect on job satisfaction and organizational trust through abusive supervisory behavior. Conclusion: Identifying and correcting the psychotic characteristics of managers can prevent the occurrence of abusive supervisory behaviors and prevent the consequences of negative attitudes such as decline in organizational trust and job satisfaction.

Keywords

• psychopathy
• psychopath management
• abusive supervision
• job satisfaction
• organizational trust