Holding Abusive Managers in Contempt: Why and When Abusive Supervision Begets Interpersonal Justice

Research has demonstrated the social learning and trickle-down effect of abusive supervision in organizations. Our study proposes a novel perspective to highlight the agentic role of the abused supervisors in leading in a more positive manner. Drawing on affective event theory and the social function of contempt, we develop an emotion-based model to examine why and when abused supervisors demonstrate more interpersonal justice toward their...