This article aimed to investigate the dark side of leadership behavior on counterproductive work behavior with the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and moderating effect of organizational cynicism. This study applied a PLS-SEM partial least square structural equation modeling technique to test the hypotheses on a sample of 345 police personnel of Pakistan. The results of this study indicate a positive and strong association between the despotic leadership and counterproductive work behavior. The findings show a positive and significant influence of despotic leadership on emotional exhaustion. Moreover, the results show an important and significant influence of the despotic leadership and counterproductive work behavior when the mediation role of emotional exhaustion is included. Furthermore, this study found an insignificant moderating influence of organizational cynicism in the relationship between despotic leadership and emotional exhaustion. Implications and limitations are also discussed in this article.

本文旨在通过情绪耗竭的中介作用和组织犬儒主义的调节作用，探讨领导行为对适得其反的工作行为的阴暗面。本研究应用 PLS-SEM 偏最小二乘结构方程建模技术来检验对巴基斯坦 345 名警察样本的假设。这项研究的结果表明专制领导与适得其反的工作行为之间存在积极而强烈的关联。研究结果表明，专制领导对情绪耗竭有积极而显着的影响。此外，研究结果表明，当包括情绪耗竭的中介作用时，专制型领导和适得其反的工作行为具有重要且显着的影响。此外，本研究发现，组织犬儒主义在专制领导与情绪衰竭之间的关系中具有微不足道的调节作用。本文还讨论了影响和限制。