the effect of authoritarian leadership on human resource ostracism with mediating role emotional burnout

Employees are the main capital in order to achieve the goals and mission of the organization that the lack of proper communication and subsequent ostracism of employees and their isolation and frustration leads to dwstructive and undesirable consequences in government agencies. The study analyzes the effect of authoritarian leadership on the ostracism of human resources with the mediating role of emotional burnout. The peresent esearch is a descriptive- survey research in terms of applied purpose and in terms of method and nature. To measure the variables of authoritarian leadership, ostracism, and emotional burnout from the questionnaires of Wong et al (2019), Jiang et al (2011) and Swalqa (2017) was used. Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed through face validity and Coronbach’s alpha (0.82). The statistical population includes government agencies of Khorramabad city that 121 employess have been selected as a sample. Data analyzed through structural equation modeling. Analysis of rsults at %95 confidence level indicates a positive and significant effect of authoritarian leadership on ostracism and emotional exhaustion. Indirect path analysis reveals the mediating role of emotional burnout in the influence of authoritarian leadership on ostracism. As a general result, authoritarian leadership is considered as one of the underlying factors of emotional burnout and consequently ostracism of employees in government agencies.