The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between coworker incivility, emotional
exhaustion, and organizational outcomes measured by job satisfaction, job performance, and turnover
intention. Working with a sample of 286 retail bank employees in South Korea, structural equation
modeling is employed to test four hypotheses drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory
and affective events theory (AET). According to the analyses, while employee incivility positively
affects emotional exhaustion, emotional exhaustion has a negative effect on job satisfaction and job
performance. In addition, emotional exhaustion has a positive impact on turnover intention among
organizational employees. These results imply that to better understand the relationship between
coworker incivility and organizational outcomes, it is necessary to consider emotional exhaustion as
an important mediating variable. The theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed,
together with its limitations and future research directions. C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. C 2014
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