This study investigates despotic leadership (DL) as an antecedent to bullying behavior with a mediating role of moral emotions at work. Another aim is to study the moderating role of self-concordance to buffer the relationship between DL and arousal of moral emotions.,The authors collected two-source (self-reported and supervisor reported) time-lagged data in the shape of a three-wave survey (i.e. one month time interval for each time) from 242 dyads in the health sector of Pakistan.,The results revealed that moral emotions mediated the relationship between DL and bullying behavior. Furthermore, self-concordance moderates the relationship between DL and moral emotions, such that the relationship will be stronger in the case of low self-concordance.,Managers need to promote a culture that accommodates diversity of opinion at the organization so that everyone is able to express and share their views openly. Organizations should encourage supervisors to participate in leadership development programs aimed at eliminating DL.,This study establishes the role of self-concordance and moral emotions in the relationship between despotic leadership DL and bullying behavior.

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当领导者在道德上败坏时：专制领导与道德情感和欺凌行为的自我和谐的相互作用

这项研究调查了专制领导（DL）作为欺凌行为的前因，并在工作中发挥了道德情感的中介作用。另一个目的是研究自我协调的调节作用，以缓冲DL和唤醒道德情绪之间的关系。作者收集了三个时间形式的两源（自我报告和主管报告）的时滞数据。巴基斯坦卫生部门对242个二元组进行了一次波普调查（即每次1个时间间隔）。结果表明，道德情绪介导了DL与欺凌行为之间的关系。此外，自我和谐会缓和DL与道德情感之间的关系，从而在自我和谐程度较低的情况下，这种关系会更加牢固。管理人员需要在组织中倡导一种适应多种多样意见的文化，以便每个人都可以公开表达和分享他们的观点。组织应鼓励主管人员参加旨在消除DL的领导力发展计划。本研究建立了自我一致性和道德情感在专职领导DL与欺凌行为之间的关系。