AUTHOR=Wu Lei , Long Anna , Hu Chenbang , Xu Yunpeng 

TITLE=An identity threat perspective on why and when employee voice brings abusive supervision

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1133480

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1133480

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Abusive supervision has a negative impact on organizational development. Currently, organizations are vigorously promoting employee voice to promote organizational development. It is important to explore the relationship between employee voice and abusive supervision. Drawing from identity threat theory, this study examines theoretical model linking employee voice and abusive supervision. By collecting data from 93 supervisors and 533 subordinates from a company located in China, the results showed that employee voice was positively related to abusive supervision, and leader identity threat mediated such effect. In addition, the supervisor traditionality moderated the relationship between employee voice and leader identity threat, as well as the indirect effect of employee voice on abusive supervision via leader identity threat, such that these effects were stronger for supervisors with high traditionality.