Hostile climate, abusive supervision, and employee coping: Does conscientiousness matter?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 737-747

  Mawritz, Mary B ^a   Dust, Scott B ^b   Resick, Christian J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Conscientiousness; Deviance; Employee coping; Hostile climate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONSCIENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONSCIENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84904039371     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035863     Document Type: Article

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