Roots run deep: Investigating psychological mechanism between history of family aggression and abusive supervision

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Garcia, Patrick R. J. M., Restubog, Simon Lloyd D., Scott, Kristin, Kiewitz, Christian and Tang, Robert L.. (2014). Roots run deep: Investigating psychological mechanism between history of family aggression and abusive supervision. Journal of Applied Psychology. 99(5), pp. 883 - 897. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036463
AuthorsGarcia, Patrick R. J. M., Restubog, Simon Lloyd D., Scott, Kristin, Kiewitz, Christian and Tang, Robert L.
Abstract

In this article, we examine the relationships between supervisor-level factors and abusive supervision. Drawing from social learning theory (Bandura, 1973), we argue that supervisors’ history of family aggression indirectly impacts abusive supervision via both hostile cognitions and hostile affect, with angry rumination functioning as a first-stage moderator. Using multisource data, we tested the proposed relationships in a series of 4 studies, each providing evidence of constructive replication. In Study 1, we found positive relationships between supervisors’ history of family aggression, hostile affect, explicit hostile cognitions, and abusive supervision. We obtained the same pattern of results in Studies 2, 3, and 4 using an implicit measure of hostile cognitions and controlling for previously established antecedents of abusive supervision. Angry rumination moderated the indirect relationship between supervisors’ history of family aggression and abusive supervision via hostile affect only. Overall, the results highlight the important role of supervisor-level factors in the abusive supervision dynamics.

Keywordsabusive supervision; family aggression; implicit measure; social learning; workplace aggression; family history
Year2014
JournalJournal of Applied Psychology
Journal citation99 (5), pp. 883 - 897
ISSN0021-9010
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036463
Scopus EID2-s2.0-84925880453
Page range883 - 897
Research GroupCentre for Sustainable HRM and Wellbeing
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EditorsG. Chen
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