ABSTRACT

Exposure to others’ counterproductive work behaviors may significantly impact employees at work. However, research has yet to thoroughly examine third-party reactions to CWB, particularly supervisor CWB. We build on affective events theory, research regarding supervisors’ role in shaping work experiences, and research on vicarious effects of CWB to better understand how exposure to supervisor CWB-O can influence subordinates. Based on insights from preliminary studies, the within-person vignette-based focal study (N = 1232 ratings nested in 176 raters) assessed when and how supervisor CWB-O predicts subordinates’ decisions to enact their own CWB. Results suggest that supervisor CWB-O enacted in the context of a negative supervisor-subordinate relationship as well as severe, frequent supervisor CWB-O elicits negative subordinate reactions leading to greater intentions to enact CWB themselves.

摘要

暴露于他人的适得其反的工作行为可能会严重影响工作中的员工。但是，研究尚未彻底检查第三方对CWB的反应，尤其是对监管CWB的反应。我们基于情感事件理论，关于主管在塑造工作经验中的角色的研究以及对CWB的替代效应的研究，以更好地了解主管CWB-O的暴露如何影响下属。基于初步研究的见识，基于人内小插图的焦点研究（N=在176个评估者中嵌套的1232个评估）评估了主管CWB-O何时以及如何预测下属制定其自己的CWB的决策。结果表明，上级主管CWB-O是在上级主管与下属之间处于消极关系的情况下制定的，而频繁，频繁的上级主管CWB-O会引起下级负面反应，从而导致制定CWB的意愿更大。