How management style moderates the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance: An uncertainty management theory perspective

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-92

  Thau, Stefan ^a   Bennett, Rebecca J ^b   Mitchell, Marie S ^c   Marrs, Mary Beth ^d  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Authoritarian management style; Management style; Uncertainty management theory; Uncertainty perceptions; Workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249108418     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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