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The Effects of Mistreating Management Variability on Work Attitudes and Behaviors

The Effects of Mistreating Management Variability on Work Attitudes and Behaviors

Fakhraddin Maroofi, Fatemeh Kahrarian
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466698505|ISBN10: 1466698500|EISBN13: 9781466698512
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9850-5.ch003
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Maroofi, Fakhraddin, and Fatemeh Kahrarian. "The Effects of Mistreating Management Variability on Work Attitudes and Behaviors." Handbook of Research on Organizational Justice and Culture in Higher Education Institutions, edited by Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 56-81. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9850-5.ch003

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Maroofi, F. & Kahrarian, F. (2016). The Effects of Mistreating Management Variability on Work Attitudes and Behaviors. In N. Ololube (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Organizational Justice and Culture in Higher Education Institutions (pp. 56-81). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9850-5.ch003

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Maroofi, Fakhraddin, and Fatemeh Kahrarian. "The Effects of Mistreating Management Variability on Work Attitudes and Behaviors." In Handbook of Research on Organizational Justice and Culture in Higher Education Institutions, edited by Nwachukwu Prince Ololube, 56-81. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9850-5.ch003

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Abstract

The finding of this research indicates that individuals in a work unit are likely to develop negative attitudes and engage in deviate behaviors in response to a manager who is more mistreating toward some unit members but not toward others. These effects were found to be strong after explaining for each individual's personal experience of misuse from the manager. The findings are significant because they highlight the importance of mistreating management variability as a distinct unit-level construct. In sum, the findings highlight the importance of examining mistreating management at both the individual and unit levels of analyzes. This research shows that, in a work unit, non-targeted members are caused some of these negative outcomes because they are the unfair interpersonal treatment of others. Organizations should educate managers on how contradictory interpersonal treatment of subordinates impacts the fairness of the work unit and the negative implication on both targeted and non-targeted subordinates.

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