How Abusive Supervision Affects Workplace Deviance: A Moderated-Mediation Examination of Aggressiveness and Work-Related Negative Affect

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作者
Michel, Jesse S. [1 ]
Newness, Kerry [2 ]
Duniewicz, Kris [3 ]
机构
[1] Auburn Univ, Dept Psychol, 226 Thach Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
[2] Florida Southern Coll, Dept Psychol, Lakeland, FL USA
[3] Florida Int Univ, Dept Psychol, Miami, FL 33199 USA
关键词
Abusive supervision; Affect; Aggression; Deviance; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; JOB-ATTITUDES; INTERACTIONAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL-EXCHANGE; BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; MODEL; STRATEGIES; EMPLOYEES; ORGANIZATIONS;
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10.1007/s10869-015-9400-2
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F [经济];
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摘要
This research examines the linking mechanisms and conditional processes underlying the abusive supervision and workplace deviance relationship. Based primarily on Affective Events Theory, it was hypothesized that work-related negative affect would mediate the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance, and that this indirect effect would be moderated by employee-based and organization-based aggressiveness. Two independent studies were conducted, including diverse working samples and multi-wave data, to test these relationships through mediation and moderated-mediation bootstrapping procedures. Both studies suggest that work-related negative affect mediates the abusive supervision and workplace deviance relationship. Mixed findings were found for the moderating effect of employee-based and organization-based aggressiveness. In Study 1 higher levels of employee-based aggressive beliefs and attitudes increased the magnitude of the indirect effect; however, in Study 2 when taking into account organization-based aggressive norms only the facet of social discounting bias increased this relationship. In Study 2 higher levels of organization-based aggressive norms also increased the magnitude of the indirect effect for supervisor-directed deviance. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings suggest a movement toward an emotion-centered process-based theory of workplace deviance. A central question in organizational behavior research revolves around what drives employees to engage in various workplace behaviors. Replicating research that suggests abusive supervision is an important factor in this question, this research helps illuminate the processes underlying this perception-to-behavior link, as well as the boundary conditions of these processes.
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