Abusive Supervision, Leader-Member Exchange, and Creativity: A Multilevel Examination

Frontiers in Psychology

Jing Yuan¹  Valerie Lynette Wang²  Changqing He³  Rongrong Teng³  Liying Zhou⁴ 

[1] College Students Quality Education Research Center, Anhui Xinhua University, Hefei, China;College of Business and Public Management, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, United States;College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China;School of Business, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang, China;

关键词: abusive supervision;    team creativity;    individual creativity;    team-level leader-member exchange;    LMX differentiation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647169

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Despite the growing attention on the topic of abusive supervision, how abusive supervision affects individual and team creativity have not yet been thoroughly investigated. Drawn from the perspective of leader-member exchange (LMX), the current study develops a multilevel model to describe the relationships between abusive supervision and creativity at both team and individual levels, with a focus on the roles played by team-level leader-member exchange (TLMX) and LMX differentiation (DLMX). Based on data collected from 319 team members and their team leaders in 71 teams, the results show that abusive supervision has a negative relationship with TLMX, a practice that is conducive to both team and individual creativity. At the team level, the negative relationship between abusive supervision and TLMX is lessened by a higher level of DLMX. In addition, the positive relationship between TLMX and team creativity is weakened by a higher level of DLMX. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY