Abstract

Supervision is essential for organizational growth as it helps in controlling the activities of employees in an organization. However, in some cases supervisors become abusive as a result of some personal factors, environmental factor, or even employees factors. When such happens, it affects the employee-supervisor relationship which could affect the job satisfaction, leads to turnover intention among other factors. This study therefore assessed the impact of abusive supervision on employees' productivity in Nigerian private universities. The sample size of 301 was selected by means of online survey from lecturers from Caleb University and PAN- Atlantic University Lagos, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A self-developed questionnaire was selected for data collection. Data collected was analysed using regression analysis, mean and standard deviations. The result indicated that abusive supervisor greatly affect labour productivity and lead to poor management of employee. Based on the result the study concluded that abusive supervision is closely associated with many negative psychological outcomes such as helplessness, decreased self-efficacy, poor management, and low labour productivity. On the basis of these findings, the study recommended that organization should employ qualified and experienced supervisors to oversee the activities of the employees, among others.