The bad boss takes it all: How abusive supervision and leader-member exchange interact to influence employee silence

被引:271
作者
Xu, Angela J. [1 ]
Loi, Raymond [1 ]
Lam, Long W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Macau, Dept Management & Mkt, Taipa, Macau, Peoples R China
关键词
Abusive supervision; Leader-member exchange (LMX); Emotional exhaustion; Silence; Resources; EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION; MEDIATING ROLE; MODERATING ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CONSERVATION; ANTECEDENTS; BURNOUT; VOICE; SELF; RESOURCES;
D O I
10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.03.002
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Abusive supervision is a dysfunctional leadership behavior that adversely affects its targets and the organization as a whole. Drawing on conservation of resources (COR) theory, the present research expands our knowledge on its destructive impact. Specifically, we propose a moderated mediation model wherein abusive supervision predicts subordinate's silence behavior through emotional exhaustion, with leader-member exchange (LMX) acting as the contextual condition. Two-wave data collected from 152 employees in the service industry in Macau supported our hypothesized model. We found that abused subordinates resort to remain silent in the workplace due to their feelings of emotional exhaustion. Further, the presence of high LMX makes the adverse impact of abusive supervision even worse. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. We also offer several promising directions for future research. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:763 / 774
页数:12
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