CONSEQUENCES OF DOWNWARD ENVY: A MODEL OF SELF-ESTEEM THREAT, ABUSIVE SUPERVISION, AND SUPERVISORY LEADER SELF-IMPROVEMENT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yu, Lingtao; Duffy, Michelle K.; Tepper, Bennett J.
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.0183
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 2296-2318
• 关键词: UNIVERSAL DIMENSIONS; STEREOTYPE CONTENT; Mediation; WARMTH; competence; predictors; perceptions; performance; experiences; validation

摘要

We invoke theory and research on the social functional view of envy to propose a novel theoretical framework of supervisory leader envy of direct reports. Findings from two multi-source, multi-wave studies of supervisor-subordinate dyads provide support for the theses that (1) downward envy of subordinates threatens supervisors' self-esteem and triggers adaptive strategies in the form of abusive supervision and supervisory self-improvement; and (2) supervisors are more likely to respond to downward envy induced self-esteem threat with abuse when they perceive envied subordinates to be cold and competent and they are more likely to respond with self-improvement when they perceive envied subordinates to be warm and competent.