Abusive supervision and workplace deviance as moderated by spiritual intelligence: an empirical study of Selangor employees
Abusive supervision is described as subordinates’ perception of the extent to which supervisors engage in a sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviours, excluding physical contact. Ample empirical evidence suggested that subordinates respond quite negatively to supervisor’s mistre...
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School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9824/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9824/1/17x.geografia-si-feb16-roshayati-edam1.pdf |
| Summary: | Abusive supervision is described as subordinates’ perception of the extent to which supervisors engage in a sustained
display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviours, excluding physical contact. Ample empirical evidence suggested
that subordinates respond quite negatively to supervisor’s mistreatment by engaging in behaviours that are harmful to
the organization and its members. However, little is known about the subordinates’ spiritual intelligence responses to
abusive supervision. Spiritual intelligence is defined as the ability to apply and embody spiritual resources and
qualities to enhance daily functioning and wellbeing. In this light the purpose of this study is to examine the
relationship between abusive supervision as perceived by subordinates with workplace deviance by investigating
how abusive supervision is moderated by spiritual intelligence and influence target-directed deviant acts
(interpersonal and organizational deviance). Primary data were gathered from 136 completed questionnaires returned
by employees of several manufacturing organizations in Selangor. The results showed that individuals with low
spiritual intelligence strongly moderated the relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance
compared to individuals with high spiritual intelligence. |
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