Empowered Employees As Social Deviants: The Role Of Abusive Supervision

Jeremy D. Mackey, Rachel E. Frieder, Pamela L. Perrewé, Vickie C. Gallagher

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    Abstract

    Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of psychological empowerment on the relationship between perceptions of abusive supervision and interpersonal deviance. Design/Methodology/Approach Data were obtained from members of a professional hotel management association (Sample 1: n = 96) and a diverse group of full-time employees (Sample 2: n = 130). We used hierarchical moderated multiple regression analyses to examine the effects of the perceived supervisory abuse 9 psychological empowerment interaction on coworker- and supervisordirected deviance.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalJournal of Business and Psychology
    Volume30
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 1 2015

    Keywords

    • abusive supervision; workplace deviance; empowerment; displaced agression; human resources

    Disciplines

    • Business Administration, Management, and Operations
    • Human Resources Management
    • Psychology

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