Supervisor’s HEXACO personality traits and subordinate perceptions of abusive supervision

K. Breevaart; R.E. de Vries

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Supervisor’s HEXACO personality traits and subordinate perceptions of abusive supervision

K. Breevaart, R.E. de Vries

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Abusive supervision is detrimental to both subordinates and organizations. Knowledge about individual differences in personality related to abusive supervision may improve personnel selection and potentially reduce the harmful effects of this type of leadership. Using the HEXACO personality framework, we hypothesized that subordinates perceive leaders high on Agreeableness and Honesty-Humility as less abusive. In a sample of 107 unique supervisor-subordinate dyads that filled out the online questionnaire, we found that both Agreeableness and Honesty-Humility were negatively related to subordinate perceptions of abusive supervision. Our findings contribute to our understanding of the origins of abusive supervision and hopefully stimulate future research on supervisor personality and abusive supervision.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	691-700
Number of pages	10
Journal	The Leadership Quarterly
Volume	28
Issue number	5
Early online date	13 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.02.001
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017

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