Consequences of Downward Envy: A Model of Self-esteem Threat, Abusive Supervision, and Supervisory Leader Self-improvement
基于嫉妒的社会功能视角，研究主管对下属的向下嫉妒如何威胁其自尊，进而引发辱虐管理或自我提升行为，并发现下属的温暖与能力感知影响主管的应对策略。
We invoke theory and research on the social functional view of envy to propose a novel theoretical framework of supervisory leader envy of direct reports. Findings from two multi-source, multi-wave studies of supervisor–subordinate dyads provide support for the theses that (1) downward envy of subordinates threatens supervisors’ self-esteem and triggers adaptive strategies in the form of abusive supervision and supervisory self-improvement; and (2) supervisors are more likely to respond to downward envy induced self-esteem threat with abuse when they perceive envied subordinates to be cold and competent and they are more likely to respond with self-improvement when they perceive envied subordinates to be warm and competent.