In pursuit of power: The role of authoritarian leadership in the relationship between supervisors' Machiavellianism and subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervisory behavior

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 512-519

  Kiazad, Kohyar ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^b   Zagenczyk, Thomas J ^c   Kiewitz, Christian ^d   Tang, Robert L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^e and Institution Management   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Abusive behavior; Aggression; Authoritarianism; Hostile treatment; Interpersonal behavior; Machiavellianism personality; Organization based self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955175767     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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