"You wouldn't like me when I'm sleepy": Leader sleep, daily abusive supervision, and work unit engagement

• Main Authors: BARNES, Christopher M., LUCIANETTI, Lorenzo, BHAVE, Devasheesh P., CHRISTIAN, Michael S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: abusive supervision; ego depletion; incivility; leadership; self-control; sleep; work engagement; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4353; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5352/viewcontent/You_wouldnt_like_me_when_Im_sleepy__Leader_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We examine daily leader sleep as an antecedent to daily abusive supervisory behavior and work unit engagement. Drawing from ego depletion theory, our theoretical extension includes a serial mediation model of nightly sleep quantity and quality as predictors of abusive supervision. We argue that poor...