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| The Effects of Abusive Supervision on Job Performance and Turnover Intention: The Role of Leader Identification and Power Distance |
| SUN Jian min1,1,SONG Meng2,WANG Zhen1 |
| 1. 2. Renmin University of China |
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Abstract Most of previous researches try to explain the mechanism of abusive supervision from three perspectives: social exchange theory, social psychological theory and social comparative theory. Drawing on social identity theory, this study investigated the mediating role of the follower’s identification with the leader (i.e., leader identification) between the relationship of abusive supervision and followers’ job performance and turnover intention in a sample of 296 employees and 71 employers. The results indicated that: (1) leader identification mediated the relationship between abusive supervision and follower job performance and turnover intention. (2) Power distance moderated the relation between abusive supervision and leader identification in such a way that abusive supervision demonstrated stronger negative influence on leader identification for followers lower in power distance. In total, the study investigated the process of abusive supervision from a new theoretical perspective,
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Received: 12 November 2012
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Corresponding Authors:
WANG Zhen
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