Abusive supervision and work-family conflict

An empirical investigation of Indian professionals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21620175
AutoresSajeet Pradhan (0000-0002-6564-6289, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli), Prashant Gupta (0000-0002-0754-9528, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli)
Año2021
Volumen32
Número3
Páginas493-513
Fecha de publicación2021-05-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Conflict Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1044-4068 • E-ISSN: 1758-8545
EditorialEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/ijcma-07-2020-0130
OpenAlexW3124301211
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas58

Purpose The study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effect of subordinate’s perceived abusive supervision (AS) on his/her work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC). Although prior studies have empirically explored the direct effect, but the role of mediators like compulsory citizenship behavior, burnout and stress transfer explaining the indirect effect has seldom been reported. Design/methodology/approach The study draws cross-sectional dyadic data from multiple sources (both job incumbent and the spouse). A final sample of 188 was used to test the hypotheses using SmartPLS. Findings The result reports positive relationship between AS and inter-role conflict (WFC and FWC). The findings also reported compulsory citizenship behavior (CCB) partially mediating the positive relationship between AS and WFC and AS and FWC. Also, the positive relationship between AS and WFC is partially (serial) mediated by CCB and burnout, and similarly, the association between AS and FWC is partially (serial) mediated by CCB and stress transmission. Originality/value The study makes several valuable contributions to the extant literature; first, it is the only study to explore the direct and indirect effect of AS on inter-role conflict (WFC and FWC) in Indian organizations. Second, the mediational role of CCB (as explained by the conservation of resources theory) and burnout and stress transmission (as explained by the spillover and crossover theory) offers rare insight about the process that explains the relationship between the focal constructs

Burnout · Conservation of resources theory · Originality · Spillover effect · Work–family conflict · Clinical Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being