How Abusive Supervision Affects Employees’ Unethical Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Examination of Turnover Intentions and Caring Climate

Shubo Liu, Qianlin Zhu and Feng Wei
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Shubo Liu: Business School, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China
Qianlin Zhu: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Feng Wei: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: Drawing on psychological contract theory, this research contributes to the unethical behavior literature by exploring employees’ turnover intentions as a mediator of the relationship between abusive supervision and employees’ unethical behavior and the moderating role of the caring climate in the relationship between turnover intentions and unethical behavior. The results from a sample of 679 reveal that turnover intentions mediate relationship between abusive supervision and subordinates’ unethical behavior, and caring climate moderates the positive relationship between turnover intentions and subordinates’ unethical behavior. We also find that the indirect effect is moderated by the caring climate. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: abusive supervision; turnover intentions; unethical behavior; caring climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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