Publication Type
Magazine Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2019
Abstract
Toxic bosses harm employees in countless ways — for instance, by lowering morale, diminishing well-being, and increasing work-family conflict. Estimates suggest abusive supervision costs organizations millions in lost productivity, employee turnover, and litigation each year. Although prior research has found that leader behaviors can “trickle down” to affect the actions of employees at lower organizational levels, surely not all abused supervisors abuse their own subordinates. So when do supervisors perpetuate abuse in organizations, when don’t they, and why?
Discipline
Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Harvard Business Review
First Page
1
Last Page
3
ISSN
0017-8012
Publisher
Harvard Business Review
Citation
TAYLOR, Shannon G.; FOLGER, Robert; VADERA, Abhijeet K.; GRIFFITH, Matthew D.; and LETWIN, Chaim R..
Does having a bad boss make you more likely to be one yourself?. (2019). Harvard Business Review. 1-3.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6249
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Additional URL
https://hbr.org/2019/01/does-having-a-bad-boss-make-you-more-likely-to-be-one-yourself
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