Abusive supervision and employee deviance : a multifoci justice perspective

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Authors

Park, Haesang
Hoobler, Jenny M.
Wu, Junfeng
Liden, Robert C.
Hu, Jia
Wilson, Morgan S.

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

In order to address the influence of unethical leader behaviors in the form of abusive supervision on subordinates’ retaliatory responses, we meta-analytically examined the impact of abusive supervision on subordinate deviance, inclusive of the role of justice and power distance. Specifically, we investigated the mediating role of supervisory- and organizationally focused justice and the moderating role of power distance as one model explaining why and when abusive supervision is related to subordinate deviance toward supervisors and organizations. With 79 independent sample studies (N = 22,021), we found that abusive supervision was more strongly related to supervisory-focused justice, compared to organizationally focused justice perceptions, and both types of justice perceptions were related to target-similar deviance (deviance toward the supervisor and organization, respectively). Finally, our results showed that the negative implications of abusive supervision were stronger in lower power distance cultures compared to higher power distance cultures.

Description

Keywords

Abusive supervision, Organizational justice, Supervisory justice, Deviance, Power distance

Sustainable Development Goals

Citation

Park, H., Hoobler, J.M., Wu, J. et al. Abusive Supervision and Employee Deviance: A Multifoci Justice Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics 158, 1113–1131 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3749-2.