Abusive Supervision and Knowledge Sharing

Despite the importance of abusive supervision and knowledge sharing issues in competitive environments, no studies examined how abusive supervision negatively influences employee knowledge sharing behaviors. Drawing on insights from Social exchange theory and Conservation of resource theory, this study extended the understanding how abusive supervision negatively affects knowledge sharing. Further, the moderating effect of support from organization (POS) between abusive supervision and knowledge sharing was investigated. The result shows that there is negative consequence of abusive supervision on knowledge sharing and POS is an effective way to alleviate the negative effects of abusive supervision on knowledge sharing. Therefore, organization should put more effort to prevent abusive supervision and find a way to reduce the negative effects of abusive supervision since abused employees tend to hoard their valuable knowledge which may be harmful to achieve organization effectiveness.