This study seeks to examine the effect of abusive supervision on the "dark side" of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and, specifically, compulsory citizenship behavior (CCB). The study focuses on the mediating role of psychological safety underpinning the relationship between abusive supervision and CCB, and the moderating role of Chinese traditionality in influencing the mediation. The authors tested the model with data of 434 dyads (employee-coworker pairs) in a large Chinese service company. Results indicated that psychological safety fully mediated the relationship between abusive supervision and CCB. The authors also found that Chinese traditionality moderated the strength of the mediated relationship between abusive supervision and CCB via psychological safety, such that the mediated relationship is weaker under high Chinese traditionality than under low Chinese traditionality. The article also discusses the implications, limitations, and future research directions.
In the People's Republic of China (PRC), we investigated the relationships between supervisor-subordinate guanxi and trust in supervisor in firms with different types of ownership from both supervisor and subordinate's sides. Utilising a qualitative approach, the findings of this study showed there was a direct relationship of superiorsubordinate guanxi on trust in supervisor. The findings were discussed in the theoretical context of-social exchange theory, social identity theory and the theory of reasoned action as the theoretical foundations on the relationships between superior-subordinate guanxi and trust in supervisor.
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