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Asia Pac J Manag (2015) 32:959987 DOI 10.1007/s10490-015-9425-0
Yucheng Zhang1 & Zhenyu Liao2
Published online: 28 September 2015# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Abstract While a plethora of studies have examined the relationships between abusive supervision and outcomes, there is a lack of a comprehensive and systematic framework that integrates the consequences and moderators of abusive supervision. We fill the void in the abusive supervision literature through conducting a quantitative review. Based on a meta-analysis of 119 independent samples (N=35,239), we found that abusive supervision was related to subordinates attitudes, well-beings, organizational justice perceptions, workplace behaviors, performance, and family-related outcomes. In addition, we found that power distance moderated the relationships of abusive supervision with subordinates workplace behaviors and performance in Asia and North America. In addition, the relationships between abusive supervision and its consequences were contingent on subordinates age, organizational tenure, and time spent with supervisors, and research design. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Keywords Abusive supervision . Consequences . Power distance . Meta-analysis
In recent decades, a burgeoning body of research has focused on abusive supervision, defined as subordinates perceptions of the extent to which supervisors engage in the sustainable display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors, excluding physical contact (Tepper, 2000: 178). As a typical manifestation of destructive leadership
* Yucheng Zhang [email protected]
* Zhenyu Liao [email protected]
1 Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and
Economics, China, 55 Guanghuacun Street, Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610074, Peoples Republic of China
2 Department of Management and Organization, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Business Link, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore, Singapore
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(Krasikova, Green, & LeBreton, 2013), abusive supervision exerts detrimental effects on subordinates and organizations (Martinko, Harvey, Brees, & Mackey, 2013; Tepper, 2007). Extant studies have documented that abusive supervision leads to psychological distress (Harvey, Stoner, Hochwarter, & Kacmar, 2007), low organizational commitments and job satisfaction (Tepper, 2000), workplace deviance (Lian, Ferris, & Brown, 2012b; Thau, Bennett, Mitchell, & Marrs, 2009), low individual and group...