@article{ref1,
title="Suffering in silence: investigating the role of fear in the relationship between abusive supervision and defensive silence",
journal="Journal of applied psychology",
year="2016",
author="Kiewitz, Christian and Restubog, Simon Lloyd D. and Shoss, Mindy K. and Garcia, Patrick Raymund James M. and Tang, Robert L.",
volume="101",
number="5",
pages="731-742",
abstract="Drawing from an approach-avoidance perspective, we examine the relationships between subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision, fear, defensive silence, and ultimately abusive supervision at a later time point. We also account for the effects of subordinates' assertiveness and individual perceptions of a climate of fear on these predicted mediated relationships. We test this moderated mediation model with data from three studies involving different sources collected across various measurement periods. <br><br>RESULTS corroborated our predictions by showing (a) a significant association between abusive supervision and subordinates' fear, (b) second-stage moderation effects of subordinates' assertiveness and their individual perceptions of a climate of fear in the abusive supervision-fear-defensive silence relationship (with lower assertiveness and higher levels of climate-of-fear perceptions exacerbating the detrimental effects of fear resulting from abusive supervision), and (c) first-stage moderation effects of subordinates' assertiveness and climate-of-fear perceptions in a model linking fear to defensive silence and abusive supervision at a later time. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9010",
doi="10.1037/apl0000074",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000074"
}