When abusive supervision feels justified: Consequences for employee felt obligation
abusive supervision to a myriad of negative outcomes for subordinates. In the present study, we develop a complementing perspective and suggest that on top of the negative effects abusive supervision may also [...] analyses revealed a positive and significant indirect effect of abusive supervision on felt obligation via increased justified abuse. In Study 2, we applied an experimental 2x2 vignette method to replicate [...] Abstract Abusive supervision, which covers the sustained display of hostile leadership behaviors, is gaining increased academic attention in recent years. There is strong empirical support linking abusive
Can abusive supervision prompt supervisor-directed helping? Yes! The role of LMX, locus of control, and guilt
time-lagged study, a two-week daily survey study, and an experiment—provide support for our reasoning. As such, our study not only significantly extends theorizing on consequences of abusive supervision, but [...] victims of abusive supervision may blame themselves for the abuse, feel guilty, and then try to make it up to their abusive supervisors by helping them more. In this dynamic, we posit that abusive supervision [...] Abstract Studies typically find that employees responds to abusive supervision with reduced helping. Most of these studies take the perspective that the target of the abuse will blame the supervisor or
When supervisors engage in abusive supervision: how employees reward poor leadership
abused often blame themselves for it and subsequently help their managers even more. The study on “abusive supervision” addresses the causes and risks of these toxic relationships, and what companies can do [...] good and effective job, and my team likes me. This can create a dangerous cycle of abusive supervision,” warns the study’s co-author Dr. Niels Van Quaquebeke, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior [...] n. But in many cases, that’s exactly what happens, as our study with 475 participants shows,” says Christian Tröster, Ph.D ., one of the study’s two authors and an Associate Professor of Leadership and
Virtuous Victims: How Victims’ Responses to Abusive Supervision Influence Third-Parties’ Helping Behavior
investigate whether victims’ reactions to abusive supervision affect the extent to which third parties are willing to help the victim or the abusive supervisor. A field study utilizing critical incident techniques [...] arising when victims stand up for themselves in the face of an abusive supervisor. Biography Benjamin Korman is a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Christian Tröster in the field of Organizational Behavior [...] provide robust support for our theory that victims who stand up for themselves in the face of an abusive supervisor trigger feelings of elevation (i.e. admiration for virtue) in third parties. Elevation
The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision
more or less abusive supervision than their coworkers. We call this incongruent abusive supervision. Our findings support our theory that employees associate incongruent abusive supervision with concerns [...] theoretical model. These findings highlight coworkers’ abusive supervision as an important context for the experience of one’s own abusive supervision and introduce shame as an emotional mechanism important [...] employee responses to supervisor abuse. Biography Benjamin Korman is a PhD Candidate under the supervision of Christian Tröster in the field of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at the Kühne Logistics
Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich Foundation: Best Dissertation Award for Dr. Benjamin Korman
through his novel focus on authentic and hubristic pride. The third study is about employees who observe a fellow coworker stand up to an abusive supervisor. Dr. Korman’s results suggest that these observers [...] subsequently engage in more helping behaviors towards both the victims, and perpetrators, of abusive supervision. Andreas Jansen, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Dr. Friedrich Jungheinrich Foundation: [...] publications: Korman, B.A., Tröster C., Giessner, S.R. (2021). The consequences of incongruent abusive supervision: Anticipation of social exclusion, shame, and turnover intentions. Journal of Leadership and
Prof. Christian Tröster, PhD - Presentations
The benefit of abusive supervision: Follower guilt!.Paper presented at 7th ESMT OB Symposium, Berlin, DE, June 25th-26th. Van Quaquebeke, N. & Tröster, C. (2018). Can abusive supervision lead to more s [...] Tröster, C. & Giessner, S. (2022). Observers' Moral Elevation and Helping Behavior Following the Abusive Supervision of Coworkers. Accepted to the 82nd Annual Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle, USA, August [...] 5th-6th. Korman, B. A., Tröster, C. & Giessner, S. (2019). The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision. Presented at the 79th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, August 9th-13th.
Mobbing durch Führungskräfte am Arbeitsplatz: Wie Mitarbeitende schlechte Führung belohnen
und den Forderungen von Vorgesetzten nachzugeben. Die Studie zu missbräuchlicher Führung („abusive supervision“) beschreibt Ursachen und Gefahren solch toxischer Beziehungen und was Unternehmen dagegen [...] geführten Teams beurteilen, übersehen so wichtige Anzeichen für missbräuchliche Führung („abusive supervision“). Die Konsequenzen sind erheblich: Mitarbeitende entwickeln häufig psychische Probleme mit [...] Eintrag. Publikation: Tröster, Christian, Van Quaquebeke, Niels (in press): When Victims Help Their Abusive Supervisors: The Role of LMX, Self-Blame, and Guilt , Academy of Management Journ al.
Paradox: Being spared abuse motivates employees to quit
Publication: Korman, B., Tröster, C., & Giessner, S. (2021). The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision: Anticipation of Social Exclusion, Shame, and Turnover Intentions. Journal of Leadership & [...] mistreatment, on the other hand, feel shame because their coworkers may consider them allied with the abusive supervisor." Consequences of toxic leadership "A boss who treats a specific employee comparatively
Paradox: Nicht schlecht behandelt werden führt zu Kündigungen
Publikation: Korman, B., Tröster, C., & Giessner, S. (2021). The Consequences of Incongruent Abusive Supervision: Anticipation of Social Exclusion, Shame, and Turnover Intentions. Journal of Leadership &