TABLE 2.
Moderated-mediation results (perception of organizational politics [POP] as the moderator).
| Path (IV) | MV | DV | b | SE | Sig. | ||
| Abusive leadership | → | LMX | (R2 = 0.44) (common/repeating path) | ||||
| Abusive leadership | –0.45 | 0.06 | 0.000 | ||||
| Organizational politics | –0.36 | 0.04 | 0.000 | ||||
| INT (Abusive × Org. Politics) | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.007 | ||||
| Abusive leadership | → | LMX | → | CWB (R2 = 0.27) | |||
| Abusive leadership | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.000 | ||||
| LMX | –0.30 | 0.03 | 0.000 | ||||
| Organizational politics | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.012 | ||||
| INT (Abusive × Org. Politics) | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.000 | ||||
| Abusive leadership | → | LMX | → | OCB (R2 = 0.12) | |||
| Abusive leadership | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.126 | ||||
| LMX | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.000 | ||||
| Organizational politics | –0.01 | 0.03 | 0.756 | ||||
| INT (Abusive × Org. Politics) | –0.11 | 0.04 | 0.002 | ||||
| Abusive leadership | → | LMX | → | Turnover (R2 = 0.28) | |||
| Abusive leadership | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.661 | ||||
| LMX | –0.56 | 0.08 | 0.000 | ||||
| Organizational politics | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.000 | ||||
| INT (Abusive × Org. Politics) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.039 | ||||
Bold facilitates readability. IV, independent variable (predictor); MV, mediator variable; DV, dependent variable (outcome); INT, interaction effect; Org., organizational; LMX, leader–member exchange; CWB, counterproductive work behavior; OCB, organizational citizenship behavior.