Abusive Supervision and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Role of Networking Behavior

Hyosun Kim, Yunlu Chen and Hyewon Kong
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Hyosun Kim: School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
Yunlu Chen: SinaWeibo, Huizhou 516000, China
Hyewon Kong: School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Abusive supervision has been recognized as a serious threat to the health of affected employees and to the sustainable development of organizations. Yet, the mechanism through which abusive supervision affects organizational performance is not well understood. We suggest that abusive supervision restricts important workplace behavior, especially networking behavior and organizational citizenship behavior, which is crucial for building social capital within organizations. We test our hypothesis using a new data set constructed from a questionnaire survey among Chinese employees in various firms. The results show that perceived abusive supervision affects both networking behavior and organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, networking behavior partially mediates the relationship between abusive supervision and organizational citizenship behavior. The results provide important insights into the role of abusive supervision in building social capital within organizations.

Keywords: abusive supervision; networking behavior; organizational citizenship behavior; social capital; organizational sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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