When distress hits home: The role of contextual factors and psychological distress in predicting employees' responses to abusive supervision.

Adult Employment Male Family Conflict Philippines 150 Spouse undermining Psychological distress Personnel Management Interpersonal conflict male Adaptation, Psychological 0502 economics and business organization and management Humans Interpersonal Relations human family conflict Social Behavior Spouses Aggressive norms Keywords: adaptive behavior Models, Statistical psychological aspect adult aggression 05 social sciences article personnel management Role organization Organizational Culture Aggression human relation Affect female affect employment mental stress physiology 8. Economic growth Female role pl Abusive supervision Stress, Psychological
DOI: 10.1037/a0021593 Publication Date: 2011-01-31T17:01:33Z
ABSTRACT
We developed a model of the relationships among aggressive norms, abusive supervision, psychological distress, family undermining, and supervisor-directed deviance. We tested the model in 2 studies using multisource data: a 3-wave investigation of 184 full-time employees (Study 1) and a 2-wave investigation of 188 restaurant workers (Study 2). Results revealed that (a) abusive supervision mediated the relationship between aggressive norms and psychological distress, (b) psychological distress mediated the effects of abusive supervision on spouse undermining, (c) abusive supervision had a direct positive relationship with supervisor-directed deviance, (d) the positive relationship between psychological distress and spouse undermining was stronger for men as opposed to women, and (e) employees engaged in relationship-oriented occupations reported greater levels of abusive supervision and psychological distress. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
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