Is Abusive Supervision Totally Dark in Public Management? A Multiple Linear Regression Model of Abusive Supervision, Underdog Expectations, Self-esteem and Impression Management Behavior

Rui Zheng, Mingjian Zhou

2021

Abstract

Abusive supervision, that affects a large number of employees and workers, and brings huge costs to the company, the government and society, often is regarded as a dark leadership. However, this study, based on the impression management theory, explores the positive impact of abusive supervision on employees, that is, abusive supervision stimulates employees’ impression management behavior: self-promotion and ingratiation. In addition, we explore the mediating role of underdog expectations between abusive supervision and impression management behavior. We also explore the moderating role of self-esteem in this model. In order to test the hypotheses, we propose a bi-daily longitudinal survey to collect data and design several multiple linear regression models. In the end, we discuss implications and limitations of our argument for theory and practices. This study puts forward feasible theoretical reasoning, data collection methods and data processing models for testing the positive effect of abusive supervision in public management, promotes the diversified understanding of abusive supervision in the field of management, and provides enlightenment for management practice.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zheng R. and Zhou M. (2021). Is Abusive Supervision Totally Dark in Public Management? A Multiple Linear Regression Model of Abusive Supervision, Underdog Expectations, Self-esteem and Impression Management Behavior. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Public Management and Big Data Analysis - Volume 1: PMBDA, ISBN 978-989-758-589-0, pages 5-10. DOI: 10.5220/0011149200003437

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pmbda21,
author={Rui Zheng and Mingjian Zhou},
title={Is Abusive Supervision Totally Dark in Public Management? A Multiple Linear Regression Model of Abusive Supervision, Underdog Expectations, Self-esteem and Impression Management Behavior},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Public Management and Big Data Analysis - Volume 1: PMBDA,},
year={2021},
pages={5-10},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011149200003437},
isbn={978-989-758-589-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Public Management and Big Data Analysis - Volume 1: PMBDA,
TI - Is Abusive Supervision Totally Dark in Public Management? A Multiple Linear Regression Model of Abusive Supervision, Underdog Expectations, Self-esteem and Impression Management Behavior
SN - 978-989-758-589-0
AU - Zheng R.
AU - Zhou M.
PY - 2021
SP - 5
EP - 10
DO - 10.5220/0011149200003437