Abusive Supervision.

Abusive supervision — sustained verbal and non-verbal hostility from a supervisor toward subordinates — is the dark side of leadership most directly within an organisation's control. Unlike incivility from peers, abusive supervision flows down a hierarchy, which means its effects compound through formal authority. My work in this area has covered the trickle-down of abuse through supervisory chains, the compensatory and revenge behaviours of subordinates exposed to it, and the gendered ways its long-term effects show up in targets' careers.