Journal article
Work-to-family spillover effects of abusive supervision
Journal of managerial psychology, v 27(7), pp 714-731
01 Jan 2012
Abstract
Purpose - The current study seeks to examine the link between abusive supervision and subordinate family undermining by focusing on the mediating role of work-to-family conflict and the moderating role of boundary strength at home.
Design/methodology/approach - Data were collected using a three-wave survey research design. Participants included 209 employees from a manufacturing company in China. Hierarchical regression analyses and a bootstrapping algorithm were used to test the hypothesized relationships.
Findings - The results indicate that abusive supervision is positively related to family undermining, and this relationship is mediated by work-to-family conflict. Moreover, boundary strength at home attenuates the direct relationship of abusive supervision with work-to-family conflict and its indirect relationship with family undermining.
Research limitations/implications - This research contributes to the integration of the work-family interface model and the abusive supervision literature by providing evidence of a link between abusive supervision in the workplace and conflict in the home. This study also indicates that abusive supervision is a problem of both organizational and societal importance in China. However, data are correlational in nature, which limits the ability to draw causal inferences.
Practical implications - Findings provide evidence that abusive supervision is a source of work-to-family conflict and undermining behavior in the home. Training employees to create boundaries between work and family domains may minimize the negative spillover effects of work on the family.
Originality/value - This study provides a relatively comprehensive model regarding the relationships between abusive supervision and work-family consequences, and a promising new direction for both the leadership and work-family literatures.
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Details
- Title
- Work-to-family spillover effects of abusive supervision
- Creators
- Long-Zeng Wu - Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsHo Kwong Kwan - Drexel UniversityJun Liu - Renmin University of ChinaChristian J. Resick - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of managerial psychology, v 27(7), pp 714-731
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Number of pages
- 18
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy; Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000312676600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84866367601
- Other Identifier
- 991019168960304721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Management
- Psychology, Applied