Abusive supervision and workplace deviance: The mediating role of interactional justice and the moderating role of power distance

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-60

  Wang, Wei ^a   Mao, Jiye ^b   Wu, Weiku ^c   Liu, Jun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Renmin University of China   (China)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Negative reciprocity; Perception of interactional justice; Power distance; Workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870554822     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2011.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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