The Direct and Indirect Effects of Supervisor Undermining on Career Dissatisfaction

Thomas W.H. Ng; Frederick H K YIM

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2015.10244abstract

The Direct and Indirect Effects of Supervisor Undermining on Career Dissatisfaction

Thomas W.H. Ng, Frederick H K YIM

Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems

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Abstract

While prior research has demonstrated that supervisors’ supportive behaviors have positive effects on employees’ career success, little research has examined how and why supervisor undermining negatively affects employees’ career success. Guided by conservation of resources theory, this paper proposes a model in which increases in supervisor undermining behavior are posited to increase employees’ subsequent career dissatisfaction through the mediating effects of declining organizational trust and increasing turnover intentions. In a longitudinal study of over 200 working young adults, we found empirical support for a positive relationship between increases in supervisor undermining and employees’ subsequent career dissatisfaction. Decreases in organizational trust, but not increases in turnover intentions, mediated the relationship between increases in supervisor undermining and subsequent career dissatisfaction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2015
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.10244abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Event	75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015: Opening Governance - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2015 → 11 Aug 2015 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2015-opening-governance (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2015/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Number	1
Volume	2015
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	7/08/15 → 11/08/15
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2015-opening-governance (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2015/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Ng, TWH & YIM, FHK 2015, The Direct and Indirect Effects of Supervisor Undermining on Career Dissatisfaction. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2015. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2015, Academy of Management, 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015, Vancouver, Canada, 7/08/15. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.10244abstract

The Direct and Indirect Effects of Supervisor Undermining on Career Dissatisfaction. / Ng, Thomas W.H.; YIM, Frederick H K.
Academy of Management Proceedings 2015. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Academy of Management, 2015. (Academy of Management Proceedings; Vol. 2015, No. 1).

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