Abusive supervision, intentions to quit, and employees' workplace deviance: A power/dependence analysis

Bennett J. Tepper, Jon C. Carr, Denise M. Breaux, Sharon Geider, Changya Hu and Wei Hua

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2009, vol. 109, issue 2, pages 156-167

Abstract: We conducted a two-study examination of relationships between abusive supervision and subordinates' workplace deviance. Consistent with predictions derived from power/dependence theory, the results of a cross-sectional study with employees from three organizations suggest that abusive supervision is more strongly associated with subordinates' organization deviance and supervisor-directed deviance when subordinates' intention to quit is higher. The results also support the prediction that when intention to quit is higher, abusive supervision is more strongly associated with supervisor-directed deviance than with organization-directed deviance. These results were replicated in a second study, a two-wave investigation of people employed in a variety of industries and occupations.

Keywords: Abusive; supervision; Intention; to; quit; Workplace; deviance; Power/dependence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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