The crossover of psychological distress from leaders to subordinates in teams: the role of abusive supervision, psychological capital, and team performance.

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• Personal Author:
  Li Y ; Liu S ; Wang Z ; Yang L-Q
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Violence Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Crossover; Psychological Distress; Abusive Supervision; Team Performance; Psychological Capital Work Environment; Workers; Work Capacity; Supervisory Personnel; Psychological Stress; Employees; Abuse; Stress;
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  142-153
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064955
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2016 Apr; 21(2):142-153
• Contact Point Address:
  Zhen Wang, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Zhongguancun Street 59, Haidian District, Beijing 100872
• Email:
  studio319@163.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3faaff8e5093a831a8915d1f1d2a21382fadbcb64a4200c8e3c4b65b3d984def4f1539f2219d9f23d8eccfb9935bbe3d9e8b186b0670a98b0e64ccf13979f844
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249285/cdc_249285_DS1.pdf
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