The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision
Purpose – A major paradigm shift focusing on the dark side of leadership has generated lots of concern for organizations as leadership has cascading effects on employees’ behaviour. This study aims to understand negative behaviours in the organization as a system of interrelated interaction initiate...
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| author | Hannah Vivian Osei Felicity Asiedu-Appiah Perpetual Akosuah Anyimaduah Amoah |
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| description | Purpose – A major paradigm shift focusing on the dark side of leadership has generated lots of concern for organizations as leadership has cascading effects on employees’ behaviour. This study aims to understand negative behaviours in the organization as a system of interrelated interaction initiated from the top which trickles down to employees. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the theories of social exchange and norms of reciprocity, social learning and displaced aggression, this study models how and when abusive supervision relates to employees’ task performance. The model is empirically tested and extended to cover mediation and moderation processes. Drawing data from 218 bank supervisors and employees, this study uses the structural equation modelling to analyse a trickle-down model of abusive supervision. Findings – Results from multi-waved, multi-sourced data indicated a mediating effect on the abusive supervision–performance relationships and provided support for employees’ guilt proneness and emotional dissonance as moderators. Overall, the results provided support for a moderated mediation relationship in the trickle-down model. Originality/value – This study provides new knowledge into the potential boundary conditions of employees’ guilt proneness and emotional dissonance in affecting the relationship between abusive supervision, counterproductive work behaviour and task performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88b877b349d34364bf0ebc4e12c4b2e12022-12-22T03:32:22ZengEmerald PublishingOrganization Management Journal1541-65182021-08-01183/412114410.1108/OMJ-11-2018-0635653407The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervisionHannah Vivian Osei0Felicity Asiedu-Appiah1Perpetual Akosuah Anyimaduah Amoah2Department of Human Resource and Organisational Development, KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Human Resource and Organisational Development, KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaAdansi Rural Bank, Fomena-Adansi, GhanaPurpose – A major paradigm shift focusing on the dark side of leadership has generated lots of concern for organizations as leadership has cascading effects on employees’ behaviour. This study aims to understand negative behaviours in the organization as a system of interrelated interaction initiated from the top which trickles down to employees. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the theories of social exchange and norms of reciprocity, social learning and displaced aggression, this study models how and when abusive supervision relates to employees’ task performance. The model is empirically tested and extended to cover mediation and moderation processes. Drawing data from 218 bank supervisors and employees, this study uses the structural equation modelling to analyse a trickle-down model of abusive supervision. Findings – Results from multi-waved, multi-sourced data indicated a mediating effect on the abusive supervision–performance relationships and provided support for employees’ guilt proneness and emotional dissonance as moderators. Overall, the results provided support for a moderated mediation relationship in the trickle-down model. Originality/value – This study provides new knowledge into the potential boundary conditions of employees’ guilt proneness and emotional dissonance in affecting the relationship between abusive supervision, counterproductive work behaviour and task performance.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OMJ-11-2018-0635/full/pdf?title=the-fish-rots-from-the-head-down-a-test-of-the-trickle-down-model-of-abusive-supervisionabusive supervisionemployees’ task performancecounterproductive work behaviourguilt pronenessemotional dissonancetrickle-down effectghanabanks |
| spellingShingle | Hannah Vivian Osei Felicity Asiedu-Appiah Perpetual Akosuah Anyimaduah Amoah The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision Organization Management Journal abusive supervision employees’ task performance counterproductive work behaviour guilt proneness emotional dissonance trickle-down effect ghana banks |
| title | The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision |
| title_full | The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision |
| title_fullStr | The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision |
| title_full_unstemmed | The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision |
| title_short | The fish rots from the head down: a test of the trickle-down model of abusive supervision |
| title_sort | fish rots from the head down a test of the trickle down model of abusive supervision |
| topic | abusive supervision employees’ task performance counterproductive work behaviour guilt proneness emotional dissonance trickle-down effect ghana banks |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OMJ-11-2018-0635/full/pdf?title=the-fish-rots-from-the-head-down-a-test-of-the-trickle-down-model-of-abusive-supervision |
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