Abstract:
Present study has been designed to measure to impact of abusive supervision on teachers’ performance; mediating role of deviant behaviour (public sector schools). Population of the study comprised of Population of this study comprised of Principals, Headmasters/ Headmistress and teachers at public sector schools located at Islamabad only. Data was being collected from Islamabad. Due to large size of population, data was from 100 principals and 500 teachers only. Major objectives were to study the effect of abusive supervision on the performance of teachers, to study the effect of abusive supervision on deviant behaviour of teachers, to examine the effect of deviant behaviour of teachers on their performance, to assess the mediating role of deviant behaviour on teachers’ performance in public sector schools keeping abusive supervision as independent variable. Several hypotheses were formulated to achieve objectives of the study. Data was collected through following three standardized research questionnaires, Abusive Supervision Questionnaire (15 items), Teacher Performance Evaluation (Scale (34 items) and Workplace Deviance Questionnaire (28 items). After data collection, data was analyzed with the help of following statistical tools i.e., Mean, SD, ANOVA, Correlation and Regression Analysis. Finding of the study would increase understanding of the various supervisory practices of heads prevailing in public sector schools. It would have several useful repercussions, as abusive supervision is associated with employee’s diminished performance, so struggles would be made to decrease the possibility of abusive supervision occurring in the public sectors school so that the performance of teachers may be improved. This study would help supervisors to alter their practices so that there can be more productive environment of schools leading to better results in teacher’s performance and consequently student’s growth.
