Linking abusive supervision to service sabotage through work alienation in nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Abusive supervision has detrimental effects on nurses, but the mechanisms connecting abusive supervision to negative outcomes for nurses have not been well-established in the nursing literature.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate whether work alienation mediates the relationship between abusive supervision and nurses' service sabotage.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from November to December 2021 with 204 nurses working at a teaching hospital in Damanhour, Egypt.