Does Despotic Leadership cause help Seeking Behavior? The Mediation of Feed Back Avoidance in Health Sector

Abstract

Drawing on conservation of resources theory (COR), the current study investigates how despotic leadership cause help seeking behavior in health sector. Additionally, it investigates, the mediation of feed-back avoidance between despotic leadership and help seeking behavior. The data was collected through convenience sampling from Junior doctors having less than one year experience working in public sector hospitals and was analyzed through Structural equation modeling in PLS 4. The findings revealed a positive association between despotic leadership and help seeking behavior. Additionally, it was also found that feedback avoidance mediated the positive relationship between despotic leadership and help seeking behavior.