The Relationship Between Abusive Supervision and Employee Silence: A Meta-analysis

Abstract

The relationship between abusive supervision and employee silence is becoming an increasingly hot topic in human resource management. Scholars' researches indicate that the correlation intensity between them is inconsistent and fluctuates. Based on the available literature, this paper examines the relationship between abusive supervision and employee silence with Meta-analysis method. 21 independent sample studies from 18 empirical literature meet the need of Meta-analysis (N=6692). Meta-analytic consequences demonstrate that abusive supervision is positively related to employee silence at a moderate intensity(r=0.375).Different measurements make significant difference to the relationship between abusive supervision and employee silence while research level has a salient moderation effect on them. Besides, publication types exert no moderation effect on them so that there is no publication bias problem in our research.

The effects of leaders’ abusive supervision on employees’ work engagement: a moderated-mediation model of employees’ silence and employees’ proactive personalities

“…Though employees’ silence did not mediate between abusive supervision and work engagement, this study found a positive and significant relationship between abusive supervision and employees’ silence. Some studies, however, report that the correlation intensity between abusive supervision and employees’ silence is inconsistent and fluctuating (Lai et al , 2020).…”