Supervisors' exceedingly difficult goals and abusive supervision: The mediating effects of hindrance stress, anger, and anxiety

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 358-372

  Mawritz, Mary B ^a   Folger, Robert ^b   Latham, Gary P ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Goals; Hindrance stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897082672     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1879     Document Type: Article

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