When Distress Hits Home: The Role of Contextual Factors and Psychological Distress in Predicting Employees' Responses to Abusive Supervision

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-729

  Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a   Scott, Kristin L ^b   Zagenczyk, Thomas J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Aggressive norms; Interpersonal conflict; Psychological distress; Spouse undermining

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960505675     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021593     Document Type: Article

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