Antecedents and outcomes of abusive supervision: Test of a trickle-down model

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-201

  Aryee, Samuel ^a,d,h   Sun, Li Yun ^a,d,g   Chen, Zhen Xiong ^b,f   Debrah, Yaw A ^c,e  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^h ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Authoritarian leadership style; Organizational justice; Trickle down model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

AUTHORITARIANISM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33846273800     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.191     Document Type: Article

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