Breaking the cycle of abusive supervision: How disidentification and moral identity help the trickle-down change course

• Main Authors: TAYLOR, Shannon G., GRIFFITH, Matthew D., VADERA, Abhijeet K., FOLGER, Robert, LETWIN, Chaim R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: abusive supervision; ethical leadership; disidentification; moral identity; trickle-down; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6237; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7236/viewcontent/Breaking_the_cycle_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Studies show that abusive leader behaviors "trickle down" to lower organizational levels, but this research ignores that many abused supervisors do not perpetuate abuse by harming their own subordinates. Drawing on social-cognitive theory and related research, we suggest abused supervisors...