The moderation effect of abusive upervision on the relationship between leader-member exchange and workplace deviance

This study examined the relationships between Leader-Member Exchange/LMX and workplace deviance behaviors (supervisor-directed deviance and organizational deviance), and investigated the role of abusive supervision as a moderating variable on those relationships. Respondent of this study is 199 non managerial and full-time employees working on various industries in Indonesia. The results showed that the higher LMX quality, the lower supervisor – directed deviance. In addition, this study found that LMX was more strongly associated with supervisor-directed deviance when abusive supervision was higher, than lower. However, this study suggested that no significant interaction effect on organizational deviance