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Analysis Of Abusive Supervision And Family Undermining As Displaced Aggression

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Research Article Critic
Abusive Supervision and Family Undermining as Displaced Aggression
By
Renee G Torres

A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements of
Psy 312
November 2014

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The research of aggression in the work place is the focus of this paper. Taking an advanced look in how these behaviors can affect not only the employee but also that employee’s family. Research Article Critic
(Article reference here) In the article “Abusive Supervision and Family Undermining as Displaces Aggression” the author Jenny M. Hoobler takes a somewhat extensive look into …show more content…

The main hypothesis being that abusive supervision creates situations of family undermining. This hypothesis would be supported by the abused subordinates' family members reporting family undermining, stemming from work place experience and abuse, was directed toward them in the home. The research submitted additional hypothesis in direct connection with the variable surrounding the main research hypothesis. The additional hypothesis cover the areas of Psychological Contract Violation, Abusive Supervision, Hostile Attribution Bias, and Family Undermining. There were two hypothesis tested for Family Undermine. “Hypothesis 3 Subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision will be positively related to their family members' perceptions of undermining in the home. Hypothesis 4 Subordinates' perceptions of abusive supervision will mediate the relationship between supervisors' perceptions of psychological contract violation and family members' perceptions of undermining. …show more content…

The independent variables were the perception in which the subordinate and the family felt they were being abused. With the supervisor/subordinate relationship it was the amount in which they believe the psychological contract had been broken. Also the amount in which they believe they had been verbally demeaned. The operational definition for these variable was “what defines supervisor abuse? And what defines family undermining? These definitions where defined by the use of questionnaires. The questionnaires covered the very personal questions of

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