Matthew Valle, Chairman of the Department of Business Administration, has had a manuscript accepted for publication in the Leadership Edition
of the journal Southern Business Review. The article is titled “A preliminary model of abusive behavior in organizations” and investigates the causes and consequences of abusive supervision in organizations.
Abusive supervision is defined as the “sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors…” toward subordinates in a supervisor-subordinate dyad. In addition to exploring a number of hypothesized causes of abusive supervision, this study confirmed the negative organizational and personal effects of abusive supervision (dissatisfaction, stress, intent to turnover). A web-based data collection mechanism was used in the study, and the data were analyzed using structural equations modeling software. The article will appear in the Spring issue of Southern Business Review.