Employee humor can shield them from abusive supervision

Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we develop and test a theoretical model that specifies how and when employee humor toward leaders affects leader abusive supervision. We propose that employee humor is negatively associated with leader abusive supervision via leader relational energy. F...

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Autori: Huang, Mingpeng (Autore) ; Ju, Dong (Autore) ; Yam, Kai Chi (Autore) ; Liu, Shengming (Autore) ; Qin, Xin (Autore) ; Tian, Guangdi (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2023
In: Journal of business ethics
Anno: 2023, Volume: 186, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 407-424
Altre parole chiave:B Abusive supervision
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Gender
B Employee humor
B Conservation of resources theory
B Relational energy
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Riepilogo:Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we develop and test a theoretical model that specifies how and when employee humor toward leaders affects leader abusive supervision. We propose that employee humor is negatively associated with leader abusive supervision via leader relational energy. Furthermore, the negative indirect relationship between employee humor and leader abusive supervision via leader relational energy is stronger for female leaders than for male leaders. An experiment and a multi-wave, multi-source field study provide substantial support for our hypotheses. Our findings contribute to the abusive supervision literature by identifying employee humor as a safe and effective bottom-up approach to prevent leader abusive supervision.
ISSN:1573-0697
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05208-9