Abusive supervision and subordinates’ physical and mental health: the effects of job satisfaction and power distance orientation

We developed and tested a moderated mediation model of work and health-related outcomes of abusive supervision. Drawing on the stressor-strain framework and conservation of resources theory, we hypothesized that subordinates’ job satisfaction has a negative mediating effect between abusive supervision and subordinates’ physical health and mental health problems. Because stressor-strain linkages are subject to individual-level variations, we...