Yoda said: fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate causes suffering. Barbara Wisse and Diana Rus suggest that Yoda was not wrong, but that personality definitely has something to do with abusive behavior as well.
Some supervisors are wonderful, others can turn your working life into hell. Why do some employees put up with this? A recent model may provide the answer.
Employee deviance has costly consequences for organizations. This Thursday, October 22nd, Stacey Sanders defends her dissertation in which she sheds light on the question why employees deviate against abusive bosses but not against ethical ones.