Nightmare Bosses: The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Employees’ Sleep, Emotions, and Creativity

Guohong Helen Han (), P. D. Harms () and Yuntao Bai ()
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Guohong Helen Han: Youngstown State University, Williamson College of Business Administration
P. D. Harms: University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Commerce
Yuntao Bai: Xiamen University, School of Management

Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, vol. 145, issue 1, No 2, 31 pages

Abstract: Abstract In the present study, we examine the process through which abusive supervision impacts employee creativity. Specifically, we test whether abusive supervision is associated with lower levels of employee creativity and if this effect is mediated by employee sleep deprivation and emotional exhaustion. Results showed that abusive supervision had an indirect negative relationship with employee creativity via its impact on employee sleep deprivation and emotional exhaustion. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the negative effects of abusive supervision on employee creativity and the processes by which they occur.

Keywords: Abusive supervision; Creativity; Emotional exhaustion; Sleep (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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