Does having a bad boss make you more likely to be one yourself?

Toxic bosses harm employees in countless ways — for instance, by lowering morale, diminishing well-being, and increasing work-family conflict. Estimates suggest abusive supervision costs organizations millions in lost productivity, employee turnover, and litigation each year. Although prior research...

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Main Authors: TAYLOR, Shannon G., FOLGER, Robert, VADERA, Abhijeet K., GRIFFITH, Matthew D., LETWIN, Chaim R.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6249
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7248/viewcontent/Bad_Boss_Make_You_More.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Toxic bosses harm employees in countless ways — for instance, by lowering morale, diminishing well-being, and increasing work-family conflict. Estimates suggest abusive supervision costs organizations millions in lost productivity, employee turnover, and litigation each year. Although prior research has found that leader behaviors can “trickle down” to affect the actions of employees at lower organizational levels, surely not all abused supervisors abuse their own subordinates. So when do supervisors perpetuate abuse in organizations, when don’t they, and why?