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The crossover of psychological distress from leaders to subordinates in teams: The role of abusive supervision, psychological capital, and team performance.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2016 Apr; 21(2):142-53.JO

Abstract

This study examines the underlying mechanism of the crossover process in work teams. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we hypothesize that a leader's psychological distress positively influences subordinates' psychological distress through abusive supervision. We further hypothesize that team performance attenuates the association between a leader's psychological distress and abusive supervision. In addition, we expect that psychological capital attenuates the positive relationship between abusive supervision and subordinates' psychological distress. Participants were drawn from 86 business teams, and multisource data were collected. The hypotheses were tested with multilevel analysis. Results supported the crossover of psychological distress from leader to subordinates, and abusive supervision serves as a mediating mechanism. The positive relationship between a leader's distress and abusive supervision is stronger when team performance is lower. In addition, the positive relationship between abusive supervision and subordinates' psychological distress is stronger when subordinates' psychological capital is lower.

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Li Y
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China.
Wang Z
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China.
Yang LQ
Psychology Department, Portland State University.
Liu S
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China.

MeSH

AdultEfficiency, OrganizationalFemaleHumansMalePersonnel ManagementPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychological TestsStress, PsychologicalWorkplace

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

26652269

Citation

Li, Yuhui, et al. "The Crossover of Psychological Distress From Leaders to Subordinates in Teams: the Role of Abusive Supervision, Psychological Capital, and Team Performance." Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, vol. 21, no. 2, 2016, pp. 142-53.
Li Y, Wang Z, Yang LQ, et al. The crossover of psychological distress from leaders to subordinates in teams: The role of abusive supervision, psychological capital, and team performance. J Occup Health Psychol. 2016;21(2):142-53.
Li, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, L. Q., & Liu, S. (2016). The crossover of psychological distress from leaders to subordinates in teams: The role of abusive supervision, psychological capital, and team performance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 21(2), 142-53. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039960
Li Y, et al. The Crossover of Psychological Distress From Leaders to Subordinates in Teams: the Role of Abusive Supervision, Psychological Capital, and Team Performance. J Occup Health Psychol. 2016;21(2):142-53. PubMed PMID: 26652269.
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