The impact of abusive supervision and co-worker support on hospitality and tourism student employees’ turnover intentions in Ecuador

Abstract

Ram (. Hostility or hospitality? A review on violence, bullying and sexual harassment in the tourism and hospitality industry. Current Issues in Tourism. doi 10.1080/13683500.2015. 1064364) posits that violence and harassment are areas of concern within the hospitality industry, and scholarly interest in abusive supervision in the workplace has grown since the last decade. This study extends Ram's (2015. Hostility or hospitality? A review on violence, bullying and sexual harassment in the tourism and hospitality industry. Current Issues in Tourism. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2015. 1064364) assertion by examining the effect of abusive supervision experiences on student employees' turnover intentions in a hospitality and tourism context in a high power distance culture, Ecuador. The results showed that abusive supervision was positively related to turnover intentions, and its effect was …