The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Job Insecurity: A Moderated Mediation Model

Abusive supervision is closely related to the negative psychological reaction of employees. This paper mainly discusses the influence mechanism of the abusive supervision on the job insecurity. A moderated mediation model is put forward. Study used questionnaire to investigate the enterprise staff. The results showed: 1) Abusive supervision has a direct impact on job insecurity, and also has indirect impact on job insecurity through the LMX; 2) The power distance has a moderated effect on the mediated role of LMX. To be specific, the impact of the Abusive supervision on job insecurity through the LMX decreased with the increase of the power distance. Therefore, the influence mechanism of abusive supervision on job insecurity is a moderated mediation model.