The Dark Side of Leadership: How Despotic Leadership Drives Workplace Deviance Through Job Stress, Job Frustration, and Job Autonomy?

HamidReza Shamspour; Sofiane Laradi; Belemenanya Friday Okocha; Bahman Narouei; Maryam Dolatabadi

doi:10.47297/wspchrmWSP2040-800503.20251603

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The Dark Side of Leadership: How Despotic Leadership Drives Workplace Deviance Through Job Stress, Job Frustration, and Job Autonomy?
The Dark Side of Leadership: How Despotic Leadership Drives Workplace Deviance Through Job Stress, Job Frustration, and Job Autonomy?
1.Fellow Member of Eudoxia, Eudoxia Research University USA, New Castle, USA
2.Faculty of Economics, Management and Business Sciences, Department of Business Sciences, University of Blida 2 Lounici Ali, Algeria
3.DataLab & Data Analytics Research Centre, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
4.Faculty of Marketing Management. business administration, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran
5.Faculty of Management. HRM & OB, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Vol. 16, Issue 3, Pages: 41-63(2025)
Published：23 May 2025
DOI：10.47297/wspchrmWSP2040-800503.20251603
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Shamspour HamidReza,Laradi Sofiane,Okocha Belemenanya Friday,et al.The Dark Side of Leadership: How Despotic Leadership Drives Workplace Deviance Through Job Stress, Job Frustration, and Job Autonomy?[J].Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management,2025,16(03):41-63.
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Shamspour HamidReza,Laradi Sofiane,Okocha Belemenanya Friday,et al.The Dark Side of Leadership: How Despotic Leadership Drives Workplace Deviance Through Job Stress, Job Frustration, and Job Autonomy?[J].Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management,2025,16(03):41-63. DOI： 10.47297/wspchrmWSP2040-800503.20251603.

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Abstract

This study addresses the gap in existing negative leadership literature by delving into less explored behavioral outcomes and their underlying mechanism. It investigates how despotic leadership affects work deviance through the mediating roles of job stress

frustration

and job autonomy in a high-power-distance cultural context. This study used a cross-sectional method through a structured questionnaire administered in the manufacturing industry. The structural equation modeling (SEM) outcomes show that despotic leadership significantly increases job stress

and frustration

decreases job autonomy

and encourages work deviance. Furthermore

while job stress and frustration positively influence work deviance

job autonomy influences it negatively. Moreover

increased job stress

frustration

and autonomy exhibit critical mediators within the model. This study contributes significantly to the current literature on negative leadership types by expanding previous research on the outcomes of despotic leadership. The study reveals the direct impact on work deviance. Furthermore

it portrays this effect through the mediators grounded by the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model

Belongingness Theory

Frustration-Aggression Theory

and Strain Theory. This study provides acumen for management to decrease workplace deviance by effectively regulating the leadership style and cultivating employees' psychological well-being as potent strategies in high-control and intimidating environments.

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