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17.09.2018 | Original Paper

Abusive Supervision and Organizational Dehumanization

verfasst von: Gaëtane Caesens, Nathan Nguyen, Florence Stinglhamber

Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Ausgabe 5/2019

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Abstract

Across three studies, we examined whether and to what extent experiencing abusive supervision leads employees to feel dehumanized by their organization and explored the consequences of this relationship. First, an experimental study manipulating abusive supervision shows that abusive supervision leads to organizational dehumanization perceptions, which in turn have negative consequences (i.e., decreased employees’ job satisfaction, affective commitment, and increased turnover intentions). Based on a cross-lagged panel design, Study 2 confirmed the directionality of the relationship between abusive supervision and organizational dehumanization, by showing the antecedence of abusive supervision on organizational dehumanization. Finally, the results of Study 3 indicated that the indirect effects of organizational dehumanization in the relationships between abusive supervision on the one hand and job satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intentions on the other hand are moderated by perceived coworker support.

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In response to the comment of an anonymous reviewer, we included job autonomy (three items; Fuller, Marler, & Hester, 2006), professional isolation (six items, Golden, Veiga, & Dino, 2008), and meaning of work (four items; Kristensen & Borg, 2003) as additional variables explaining organizational dehumanization in the final model. This additional analysis aimed to test whether the effect of abusive supervision remains significant over and beyond other variables that may have an impact on dehumanization. This model showed a good fit to the data (χ2 (664) = 1433.90; RMSEA = .06; SRMR = .06; CFI = .91; TLI = .90). Importantly, the results were essentially identical and did not change the interpretation of the findings as both abusive supervision and the interaction term remained positively related to organizational dehumanization. The only difference found is that the direct remaining relationships of abusive supervision and perceived coworker support on affective commitment and job satisfaction were not significant when autonomy, professional isolation, and meaning of work were controlled for.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Abusive Supervision and Organizational Dehumanization
verfasst von
Gaëtane Caesens
Nathan Nguyen
Florence Stinglhamber
Publikationsdatum
17.09.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Business and Psychology / Ausgabe 5/2019
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-018-9592-3

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