Abusive supervision and citizenship behaviors: exploring boundary conditions

Autor: M. David Albritton, Jon C. Carr, Brian T. Gregory, Talai Osmonbekov, Sean Gregory
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Managerial Psychology. 28:628-644
ISSN: 0268-3946
Popis: Purpose – Previous research indicates that employees reciprocate for abusive supervision by withholding discretionary organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the boundary conditions of the negative relationship between abusive supervision and OCBs, by investigating time and money (dyadic duration and pay satisfaction) as potential moderating variables to the abusive supervision‐OCBs relationship.Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 357 bank employees in Kazakhstan was used to test hypotheses.Findings – Results indicate that the negative relationship between abusive supervision and OCBs is more pronounced when employees have been supervised by a particular manager for a longer period of time, as well as when employees are less satisfied with their level of compensation.Research limitations/implications – Limitations include the use of cross‐sectional data and the possibility of common method bias.Practical implications – Satisfaction with pay as a moder...
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