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Abusive supervision and subordinates' organization deviance.

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Abusive supervision can lead to workplace deviance, especially when coworkers condone or engage in such behavior. Affective commitment plays a key role in this relationship, influencing employee actions within organizations.

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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  • Management Studies

Background:

  • Abusive supervision is a significant workplace stressor.
  • Affective organizational commitment influences employee behavior.
  • Workplace deviance can harm organizations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test an integrated model of abusive supervision, affective commitment, and organizational deviance.
  • To examine the moderating role of coworker norms and behaviors on the link between abusive supervision and workplace deviance.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies were conducted: a 2-wave study of 243 employees and a cross-sectional study of 247 employees in 68 work groups.
  • Path analytic tests were used to examine mediated moderation.

Main Results:

  • Abusive supervision indirectly increases organizational deviance through affective commitment.
  • This indirect effect is stronger when coworkers approve of deviance (Study 1) or engage in deviance (Study 2).

Conclusions:

  • Coworker influence is a critical factor in the abusive supervision-deviance relationship.
  • Organizations should address both supervisory behavior and peer influences to mitigate workplace deviance.