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| Title | Losing sleep: Examining the cascading effects of supervisors' experience of injustice on subordinates' psychological health |
| Available Online | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all... |
| Publication Date | March 2010 |
| Author | Alannah Rafferty, Simon Restubog, and Nerina Jimmieson |
| Source | Work & Stress |
| Source Type | Journal Article |
| Summary | This study focuses on the role of distributive justice and interactional justice as antecedents to abusive supervision and subordinate psychological distress and insomnia. Using data obtained from matched supervisor-subordinate dyads collected over 6 months, results revealed that when supervisors experience higher levels of injustice, they tend to take it out on their subordinates. This results in increased psychological distress and insomnia on the part of the subordinate. Hence, injustice can cause effects that cascade down the organization. |
| Reference | Rafferty, A. E., Restubog, S. L. D., & Jimmieson, N. L. (2010). Losing sleep: Examining the cascading effects of supervisors’ experience of injustice on subordinates’ psychological health. Work & Stress, 24, 36 – 55. |