Sins of the parents: Self-control as a buffer between supervisors' previous experience of family undermining and subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 869-882

  Kiewitz, Christian ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^b   Zagenczyk, Thomas J ^c   Scott, Kristin D ^c   Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M ^b   Tang, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d faculty of the Natural Science Area School of Multidisciplinary Studies of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde in Manila   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Destructive leadership; Family undermining; Self control; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865075568     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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