Title

Understanding internal, external, and relational attributions for abusive supervision

Authors

Authors

J. P. Burton; S. G. Taylor;L. K. Barber

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Organ. Behav.

Keywords

attributions; abusive supervision; justice; citizenship; aggression; ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE AGGRESSION; INTERACTIONAL; JUSTICE; SUBORDINATE PERFORMANCE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; SOCIAL-EXCHANGE; SELF-REPORTS; MODEL; PERSPECTIVE; WORK; Business; Psychology, Applied; Management

Abstract

Despite abundant research on the consequences of perceived abusive supervision, less is known about how employees develop perceptions of supervisory abuse. Across two studies, we integrate classic and recent theoretical work on attributions to understand the causal explanations underlying employee perceptions of and reactions to abusive supervision. In the first study, we develop measures of internal, external, and relational attributions for perceived supervisor abuse. In the second study, we demonstrate that internal and external attributions are indirectly related to aggressive and citizenship behaviors through employees' perceptions of interactional justice. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed. Copyright (C) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Journal Title

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volume

35

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

871

Last Page

891

WOS Identifier

WOS:000345410500007

ISSN

0894-3796

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