When victims become culprits: The role of subordinates' neuroticism in the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance

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Garcia, Patrick R. J. M., Wang, Lu, Lu, Vinh Nhat, Kiazad, Kohyar and Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.. (2015). When victims become culprits: The role of subordinates' neuroticism in the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.017
AuthorsGarcia, Patrick R. J. M., Wang, Lu, Lu, Vinh Nhat, Kiazad, Kohyar and Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.
Abstract

Drawing upon the General Aggression Model, we examined the role of subordinates’ neuroticism in strengthening the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance. Results revealed that Time 1 abusive supervision was positively related to Time 2 personnel records of workplace deviance measured 18 months later. Further, subordinates’ neuroticism moderated this relationship. Specifically, there was a stronger positive relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance for employees with high as opposed to low levels of neuroticism. These findings highlight the need to account for the role of individual differences in influencing subordinates’ responses to supervisor hostility. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

KeywordsAggression; Individual differences; Interpersonal behavior; Neuroticism; Abusive supervision; Workplace deviance
Year2015
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.017
Research GroupCentre for Sustainable HRM and Wellbeing
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EditorsD. Saklofske
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