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In Abusive Supervision in Government Agencies, Caillier uses both quantitative and qualitative survey data, a mixed-method approach, to argue that certain organizational norms and subordinate factors either increase or decrease the presence of abusive supervision in agencies and that when employees experience abusive supervision, their well-being and work attitudes are adversely affected. In addition, a mixed-method approach is used to contend that problems concerning the abusive supervision process are pervasive in agencies. More specifically, many targets of abuse supervision fail to report the incident, and for those who do, agencies seldom do anything to stop abusive supervisors and the overwhelming majority of targets experience some form of retaliation for reporting the abuse. The author also uses qualitative data to argue that many agencies still do not have a robust workplace aggression policy. The author concludes by identifying future directions for research concerning abusive supervision.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Abusive Supervision Defined
Chapter 2: Antecedents of Abusive Supervision
Chapter 3: The Impact of Abusive Supervision on the Target
Chapter 4: Reporting Abuse Supervision
Chapter 5: Retaliation Against Reporters of Abusive Supervision
Chapter 6: Issuance of Corrective Actions After Reporting Abusive Supervision
Chapter 7: Workplace Aggression Policies
Chapter 8: Future Research Avenues Regarding Abusive Supervision
About the author
James Gerard Caillier is professor of political science at the University of Alabama.
