The Effects of Abusive Supervision on Subordinates' Organizational Identification and Workplace Deviance Behavior: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

This study investigated the mediating role that subordinates’ job satisfaction might play in influencing the relationships between abusive supervision and subordinates’ organizational identification and workplace deviance behavior(WDB-O). With data gathered from employees(N=281) representing a wide array of organizations, structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. The results showed that abusive supervision is negatively related to job satisfaction and consequently organizational identification, positively associated with organizational deviance behavior through job satisfaction indirectly and has a direct effect on WDB-O.