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Supervisor incivility, ruminations and insubordination: catalytic effects of supervisor task conflict

Supervisor incivility, ruminations and insubordination: catalytic effects of supervisor task... This study aims to investigate the relationship between employees' exposure to supervisor incivility and their engagement in insubordinate behavior, by detailing a mediating role of ruminations about interpersonal offenses and a moderating role of supervisor task conflict.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses were assessed with three rounds of data, obtained from employees and their peers, working for firms in various industries.FindingsAn important reason that employees' sense that their supervisor treats them disrespectfully escalates into defiance of supervisor authority is that the employees cannot stop thinking about how they have been wronged. The mediating role of such ruminations is particularly prominent when employees' viewpoints clash with those of their supervisor.Practical implicationsA critical danger exists for employees who are annoyed with a rude supervisor: They ponder their negative treatment, which prompts them to disobey, a response that likely diminishes the chances that supervisors might change their behaviors. This detrimental process is particularly salient when employee–supervisor interactions are marked by unpleasant task-related fights.Originality/valueThis study unpacks an unexplored link between supervisor incivility and supervisor-directed insubordination by explicating the pertinent roles of two critical factors (rumination and task conflict) in this link. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Decision Emerald Publishing

Supervisor incivility, ruminations and insubordination: catalytic effects of supervisor task conflict

De Clercq, Dirk; Azeem, Muhammad Umer; Haq, Inam Ul
Management Decision , Volume 61 (11): 23 – Nov 7, 2023
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Emerald Publishing
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0025-1747
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10.1108/md-11-2022-1522
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This study aims to investigate the relationship between employees' exposure to supervisor incivility and their engagement in insubordinate behavior, by detailing a mediating role of ruminations about interpersonal offenses and a moderating role of supervisor task conflict.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses were assessed with three rounds of data, obtained from employees and their peers, working for firms in various industries.FindingsAn important reason that employees' sense that their supervisor treats them disrespectfully escalates into defiance of supervisor authority is that the employees cannot stop thinking about how they have been wronged. The mediating role of such ruminations is particularly prominent when employees' viewpoints clash with those of their supervisor.Practical implicationsA critical danger exists for employees who are annoyed with a rude supervisor: They ponder their negative treatment, which prompts them to disobey, a response that likely diminishes the chances that supervisors might change their behaviors. This detrimental process is particularly salient when employee–supervisor interactions are marked by unpleasant task-related fights.Originality/valueThis study unpacks an unexplored link between supervisor incivility and supervisor-directed insubordination by explicating the pertinent roles of two critical factors (rumination and task conflict) in this link.

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Management Decision – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 7, 2023

Keywords: Supervisor incivility; Ruminations about interpersonal offenses; Insubordinate behavior; Supervisor task conflict; Conservation of resources theory

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