TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Understanding cycles of abuse: a multimotive approach
JO  - Journal of applied psychology
A1  - Simon, Lauren S.
A1  - Hurst, Charlice
A1  - Kelley, Ken
A1  - Judge, Timothy A.
SP  - 1798
EP  - 1810
VL  - 100
IS  - 6
N2  - Fundamental to the definition of abusive supervision is the notion that subordinates are often victims of a pattern of mistreatment (Tepper, 2000). However, little research has examined the processes through which such destructive relational patterns emerge. In this study, we draw from and extend the multimotive model of reactions to interpersonal threat (Smart Richman & Leary, 2009) to formulate and test hypotheses about how employees' emotional and behavioral responses may ameliorate or worsen supervisors' abuse. To test this model, we collected 6 waves of data from a sample of 244 employees. <br><br>RESULTS revealed reciprocal relationships between abusive supervision and both supervisor-directed counterproductive behavior and supervisor-directed avoidance. Whereas the abusive supervision-counterproductive behavior relationship was partially driven by anger, the abusive supervision-avoidance relationship was partially mediated by fear. These findings suggest that some may find themselves in abusive relationships, in part, because their own reactions to mistreatment can, perhaps unknowingly, reinforce abusive behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0000031
ID  - ref1
ER  -