When do subordinates' emotion-regulation strategies matter? Abusive supervision, subordinates' emotional exhaustion, and work withdrawal

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-137

  Chi, Shu Cheng Steve ^a   Liang, Shin Guang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Emotion regulation strategy; Emotional exhaustion; Work withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872377254     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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