The aim of this study is to examine the role of abusive supervision climate in the relationship between abusive supervision and employees’ emotional exhaustion. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory and fairness theories, the present study asserts that employees will be emotionally more exhausted when they perceive abusive supervision in a low abusive supervision climate compared to in a high abusive supervision climate. Employees who experience high abusive supervision in a low abusive supervision climate will feel singled out and perceived injustice will be stronger, which will emotionally exhaust the employee more. By using a cross-sectional field study, data was collected from 262 public and private sector employees from 60 departments. Hierarchical linear modelling results indicated that the relationship between abusive supervision and emotional exhaustion was positive, but abusive supervision climate did not moderate the relationship between them. Based on these findings, theoretical and practical implications, as well as the limitations of the study, were discussed.