“…Prior research on abusive supervision sought to demonstrate that work to date in the field is dominated by a managerial and conceptual approach that privileges an examination of abusive supervision in terms of its effects for the organisation such as impact upon productivity, job tension, emotional exhaustion and turnover intentions, etc. (Harvey, Stoner, Hochwarter, & Kacmar, 2007;Khan, Qureshi, & Ahmad, 2010). There is a limited exploration of what abusive supervision means in terms of its aspects and features, what supervisory impulsive and strategic abuse means for employees, employers, peers, (Ferris et al, 2007;Tepper, Duffy, & Breaux-Siognet, 2012).…”