 The curvilinear relationship between abusive supervision and performance: The moderating role of conscientiousness and the mediating role of attentivenessPeruvemba B. Srikanth, Munish Thakur and Scott B. Dust Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 150, issue C, 663-675 Abstract: Using activation theory, this study explores the possibility of an inverted U-shaped association between abusive supervision and subordinates’ performance in India, characterized by a hierarchical culture. Our first study examined the role of subordinates' conscientiousness as a moderator in this curvilinear relationship. Hierarchical regression analysis results illustrate that subordinates’ conscientiousness moderates the curvilinear effects such that these effects remained when conscientiousness was high but were rendered insignificant when conscientiousness was low. We conducted a second study to investigate the driver of these curvilinear effects. We found that subordinates’ attentiveness partially mediates the curvilinear effects of abusive supervision on job performance. Across both studies, multi-source data was collected from full-time employees and their immediate supervisors across different time points. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. Keywords: Abusive supervision; Attentiveness; Conscientiousness; Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:150:y:2022:i:c:p:663-675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.073 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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