Personality moderators of the relationship between abusive supervision andsubordinates' resistance

Results of a study using data collected at 2 points in time, separated by 6 months, suggested that subordinates resisted their supervisors' downward i nfluence tactics with greater frequency when their supervisors were more ab usive and that subordinates' personality moderated the effects of abusive s uper-vision. The relationship between abusive supervision and subordinates' dysfunctional resistance was stronger among subordinates who were lower in conscientiousness than among subordinates who were higher in conscientious ness, but this effect emerged only for subordinates who were also lower in agreeableness. The relationship between abusive supervision and subordinate s' constructive resistance was stronger among subordinates who were higher in conscientiousness than among subordinates who were lower in conscientiou sness. The study's implications for theory and research are discussed.