Hillermann, Liza (2022) When an Amoral’s Power is Threatened: Psychopaths and their Engagement in Abusive Supervision. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In this research, I investigated the role played by leader psychopathy in determining abusive supervision. Based on an integration of insights from research on psychopathy and fear of power loss, I hypothesized that leader psychopathy is positively related to leader abusive supervision. Furthermore, I hypothesized that the positive relationship between psychopathy and leader abusive supervision would be strengthened by leader fear of power loss. To test the hypotheses, I ran a dyadic leader-employee field study consisting of 140 dyads. The results support the first hypothesis that psychopathy is positively related to leader abusive supervision. However, I did not find support for the second hypothesis, predicting an interaction between leader psychopathy and fear of power loss predicting abusive supervision I discuss the results, implications, and limitations of the study. Keywords: leader psychopathy, abusive supervision, fear of power loss, toxic leadership
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Rus, D.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2022 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2022 14:52 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/93 |
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