Understanding internal, external, and relational attributions for abusive supervision

    Authors

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

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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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