The purpose of this paper is to investigate the integrative effects of abusive supervision (AS), perceived injustice (PI) and ethical conflict (EC) on occupational turnover intentions (OTI) among frontline employees (FLEs). Furthermore, the mediating role of quiescent silence (QS) is examined.,The authors collected survey-based data from 320 FLEs working in different service sector organizations of Pakistan. The snow-ball sampling technique is employed to approach respondents of this study. The collected data are analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM) technique using SmartPLS 3.0.,The AS, PI and EC are found to collectively predict OTI among FLEs with a mediating effect of QS. The EC is the strongest predictor of OTI.,The results imply that service managers must ensure that employees are treated fairly. Furthermore, relevant trainings are offered to FLEs in order to maintain the required ethical standards at work to reduce EC perceptions.,The study is pioneer in presenting the relationship between QS and occupational turnover among FLEs. Furthermore, the study advocates the mediating role of employee quiescent silence to enrich the relationship between socio-psychological factors (i.e. AS, EC and PI) and OTI.

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被滥用，不公平对待以及在道德上有冲突吗？在沉默中放弃职业

本文的目的是调查一线员工（FLE）中滥用监督（AS），感知不公（PI）和道德冲突（EC）对职业离职意图（OTI）的综合影响。此外，作者还研究了静默（QS）的中介作用。作者收集了来自巴基斯坦不同服务部门组织的320名FLE的基于调查的数据。使用雪球采样技术来接近本研究的受访者。使用SmartPLS 3.0通过结构方程模型（SEM）技术对收集到的数据进行分析。发现AS，PI和EC可以集体预测FLE中的OTI，并具有QS的中介作用。EC是OTI的最强预测指标。结果表明，服务经理必须确保公平对待员工。此外，对FLE进行了相关培训，以维持工作中必需的道德标准，以减少EC认知。该研究是提出QS与FLE中职业离职之间关系的先驱。此外，该研究提倡员工沉默的中介作用，以丰富社会心理因素（即AS，EC和PI）与OTI之间的关系。