Surviving an abusive supervisor: The joint roles of conscientiousness and coping strategies

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-150

  Nandkeolyar, Amit K ^a   Shaffer, Jonathan A ^b   Li, Andrew ^c,d   Ekkirala, Srinivas ^c,d   Bagger, Jessica ^c  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XLRI XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Conscientiousness; Coping; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONSCIENCE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONSCIENCE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892891017     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034262     Document Type: Article

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