In this research, we propose a novel goal-failure perspective based on cognitive theories of rumination to examine how leaders react to their own abusive supervision in distinct ways. Findings from two multi-wave, multisource field studies conducted with organizational leaders and an online experiment support hypotheses that leaders ruminate on their abusive behavior and this rumination triggers reconciliation efforts (a problem-solving reaction) or the blaming of victims (a self-serving reaction). In line with cognitive theories of rumination, leaders’ independent self-construal functions as a key qualifier for the effects of rumination, such that when they ruminate, leaders who have low levels of independent self-construal are more likely to seek reconciliation, whereas leaders who have high levels of independent self-construal are more likely to blame their victims. Furthermore, reconciliation is not significantly related to subordinates’ evaluation of their leaders’ effectiveness but blaming is negatively related to it. These findings are an important extension of nascent perpetrator-centric research regarding abusive supervision.

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我的错还是你的错？领导者对通过反刍的滥用监督的双重反应取决于他们的独立自我建构

在这项研究中，我们提出了一种基于反刍认知理论的新目标 - 失败视角，以检查领导者如何以不同的方式对自己的虐待性监督做出反应。与组织领导者进行的两项多波、多来源的实地研究和一项在线实验的结果支持假设领导者反思他们的虐待行为，这种反思会引发和解努力（解决问题的反应）或责备受害者（自私自利）反应）。根据反刍的认知理论，领导者的独立自我建构是反刍效果的一个关键限定条件，因此当他们进行反刍时，独立自我建构水平低的领导者更可能寻求和解，而具有高度独立自我建构的领导者更有可能责怪他们的受害者。此外，和解与下属对其领导有效性的评价不显着相关，而责备与它呈负相关。这些发现是关于滥用监督的以犯罪者为中心的新兴研究的重要延伸。