“…The present study contributes extensively to the area of psychological withdrawal behavior as the authors were not able to find a single study that examines all the four variables (LMX, psychological empowerment, work engagement, and psychological withdrawal behavior) in one study that too in research and development context. Results of the present study postulated that the relationship between subordinates and supervisor plays a vital role in affecting organizational and individual-level outcomes such as perceived organizational support (Kath et al, 2010), organizational citizenship behavior (Kim et al, 2010;Sun et al, 2013;Aggarwal and Singh, 2016;Singh et al, 2020), organizational commitment (Lo et al, 2010;Le Blanc and GonzĂĄlez-RomĂĄ, 2012;Saeed et al, 2014), psychological empowerment (Aryee and Chen, 2006;Laschinger et al, 2007;Hill et al, 2014;Schermuly and Meyer, 2016), job satisfaction (Loi et al, 2014;Li et al, 2018), work engagement (Li et al, 2012;Runhaar et al, 2013;Breevaart et al, 2015), and turnover intentions (Harris et al, 2014;Li et al, 2018). According to the LMX theory, relationships are built over time through positive exchanges that produce loyalty, mutual respect, and high performance (Graen and Uhl-Bien, 1995;Liden et al, 2006).…”