Predictors of abusive supervision: Supervisor perceptions of deep-level dissimilarity, relationship conflict, and subordinate performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-294

  Tepper, Bennett J ^a   Moss, Sherry E ^b   Duffy, Michelle K ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79955575837     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2011.60263085     Document Type: Article

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