TY - JOUR
T1 - Supervisor Undermining, Social Isolation and Subordinates’ Problematic Drinking
T2 - The Role of Depression and Perceived Drinking Norms
AU - Montal-Rosenberg, Ronit
AU - Bamberger, Peter A.
AU - Nahum-Shani, Inbal
AU - Wang, Mo
AU - Larimer, Mary
AU - Bacharach, Samuel B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Findings regarding the mechanism underlying the impact of supervisor incivility on subordinate alcohol misuse remain equivocal. Specifically, some studies indicate that stress mediates the impact of supervisor incivility on subordinate alcohol misuse, while others, find no evidence for such an effect, suggesting the need to investigate other mechanisms. Extending Conservation of Resource (COR) theory and employing a longitudinal study design, this study examines two alternative mechanisms grounded on social isolation. The first suggests drinking as a resource-mobilizing response, with social isolation eliciting the perception of more permissive injunctive drinking norms, thus facilitating problematic drinking. The second suggests problematic drinking as a mode of coping with a negative emotional state elicited by social isolation, namely depression. Findings indicate that supervisor undermining’s association with subsequent subordinate problematic drinking is serially mediated by social isolation and depression, with no support found for the first mechanism. Implications for research, practice and policy are discussed.
AB - Findings regarding the mechanism underlying the impact of supervisor incivility on subordinate alcohol misuse remain equivocal. Specifically, some studies indicate that stress mediates the impact of supervisor incivility on subordinate alcohol misuse, while others, find no evidence for such an effect, suggesting the need to investigate other mechanisms. Extending Conservation of Resource (COR) theory and employing a longitudinal study design, this study examines two alternative mechanisms grounded on social isolation. The first suggests drinking as a resource-mobilizing response, with social isolation eliciting the perception of more permissive injunctive drinking norms, thus facilitating problematic drinking. The second suggests problematic drinking as a mode of coping with a negative emotional state elicited by social isolation, namely depression. Findings indicate that supervisor undermining’s association with subsequent subordinate problematic drinking is serially mediated by social isolation and depression, with no support found for the first mechanism. Implications for research, practice and policy are discussed.
KW - alcohol misuse
KW - depression
KW - social isolation
KW - supervisor incivility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130438269&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00220426221098981
DO - 10.1177/00220426221098981
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C2 - 38098854
AN - SCOPUS:85130438269
SN - 0022-0426
VL - 53
SP - 37
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Drug Issues
JF - Journal of Drug Issues
IS - 1
ER -