TAF PUBLISHING

As diversity and complexity are increasing in organizations, so there is increased demand for leaders who can face the challenges and maneuver the followers to accomplish organizational objectives. Dark leadership is becoming the emerging area of today’s research, as it affects the personal life of employees, and has been ignored. This research study establishes the connection to measure the well-being of employees by predicting through Despotic Leadership (DL). Building the base on the Social Exchange Theory (SET), this study includes the PS as an intervening variable to explore how effects of DL travel from professional life to family lives of workers, which results in reduced well-being. The study examines the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the relation between DL and PS. Two wave surveys of time lags were conducted to collect the data from 384 nurses of the hospital industry of Pakistan. SPSS 20 and AMOS 15 were applied for data analysis. The findings of the study show that DL significantly and negatively influences the well-being of employees through the intervention of PS. Emotionally intelligent individuals have better control over PS. This study contributes by giving a relational process model and can be implemented in hospitals to improve the well-being of nurses.