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Blaming the organization for abusive supervision: The roles of perceived organizational support and supervisor’s organizational embodiment

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Shoss, Mindy K., Eisenberger, Robert, Restubog, Simon Lloyd D., Zagenczyk, Thomas J.·2013·Journal of Applied Psychology

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Why do employees who experience abusive supervision retaliate against the organization? We apply organizational support theory to propose that employees hold the organization partly responsible for abusive supervision. Depending on the extent to which employees identify the supervisor with the organization (i.e., supervisor's organizational embodiment), we expected abusive supervision to be associated with low perceived organizational support (POS) and consequently with retribution against the organization. Across 3 samples, we found that abusive supervision was associated with decreased POS as moderated by supervisor's organizational embodiment. In turn, reduced POS was related to heightened counterproductive work behavior directed against the organization and lowered in-role and extra-role performance. These findings suggest that employees partly attribute abusive supervision to negative valuation by the organization and, consequently, behave negatively toward and withhold positive contributions to it.

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Authors: Shoss, M. K., Eisenberger, R., Restubog, S. L. D., & Zagenczyk, T. J.
Affiliations: Saint Louis University (US)
University of Houston (US)
Australian National University (AU)
Clemson University (US)
ORCID: Shoss, Mindy K.
Eisenberger, Robert
Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
Zagenczyk, Thomas J.
Venue: Journal of Applied Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2013-01
Volume: 98
Issue: 1
Pages: 158-168
ISSN: 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
1939-1854
DOI: 10.1037/a0030687
OpenAlex: W1996054797
Cited by: 368
References: 63
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FWCI: 48.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Locations: Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
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Funders: Australian Research Council (DP1094023)
Australian National University
Clemson University
Topics: Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Violence and Bullying
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Management
Keywords: abusive supervision, perceived organizational support, counterproductive work behavior, employee performance, organizational support theory
MeSH terms: Adult, Aggression, Female, Humans, Leadership, Male, Organizational Objectives, Personnel Loyalty, Personnel Management, Social Perception, Social Support, Organizational Culture, Workplace

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