TY - JOUR T1 - The Detrimental Effect of Machiavellian Leadership on Employees' Emotional Exhaustion: Organizational Cynicism as a Mediator. AU - Gkorezis,Panagiotis, AU - Petridou,Eugenia, AU - Krouklidou,Theodora, Y1 - 2015/11/27/ PY - 2015/04/22/received PY - 2015/09/18/accepted PY - 2016/6/2/entrez PY - 2016/6/2/pubmed PY - 2016/6/2/medline KW - Machiavellian leadership KW - emotional exhaustion KW - mediation KW - organizational cynicism SP - 619 EP - 31 JF - Europe's journal of psychology JO - Eur J Psychol VL - 11 IS - 4 N2 - Numerous empirical studies have examined predictors of emotional exhaustion. In this vein, both positive and negative leadership styles have been associated with this outcome. Yet, little is known about the role of Machiavellian leadership in fostering employees' emotional exhaustion. As such, we investigated the relationship between Machiavellian leadership and emotional exhaustion. Even more, we investigated an explanatory mechanism of this association by encompassing organizational cynicism as a mediator. Results showed that Machiavellian leadership has a both direct and indirect, through organizational cynicism, on employees' emotional exhaustion. SN - 1841-0413 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/27247681/The_Detrimental_Effect_of_Machiavellian_Leadership_on_Employees'_Emotional_Exhaustion:_Organizational_Cynicism_as_a_Mediator_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -