Subordinate give their feedback about the rewards and punishment in the Abusive Supervision: An ERP Study

Abstract

Abstract: Abusive supervision as a negative leadership behavior has become the new research hotspot in the field of organizational behavior and management. In this study, we used the ERP technology to study the Abusive supervision, the impact of supervisors give employees rewardsandpunishmentand staff give their feedback about the rewardsandpunishment. We use the word stem completion test to recall the perception of Abusive supervision of employees, and analysis the EEG after the feedback of rewardsandpunishment, to investigate the method of feedback processing, proclaimingthe neural mechanisms of reward and punishment about Abusive supervision. The results indicated that under the Abusive supervision the P3 induced in the reward condition was more positive than in the punishment to ignoring conditions; under the normal supervision the P3 induced in the punishment condition was more positive than in the ignoring condition; the amplitude of FRN induced by Abusive supervision was more negative than the normal supervision; the LPC induced by Abusive supervision was more negative than normal in the reward condition.

Key words: abusive supervision, ERP, rewards and punishment, feedback.

摘要： 不当督导作为一种负性领导行为已成为组织行为学和管理学领域研究的热点。本文采用ERPs技术来研究在不当督导下上司给予员工奖惩对员工本身的影响以及员工对于奖惩反馈的问题。本研究中运用词干补笔测验启动员工的不当督导感知,分析给予奖惩反馈后诱发的脑电变化,探讨不当督导的神经反馈方式,揭示不当督导奖惩的神经机制。结果发现：不当督导下奖励条件诱发的P3更正;常规领导下惩罚比忽略诱发的P3更正;不当督导诱发的FRN波幅更负;奖励条件下不当督导诱发的LPC比常规领导更负。

关键词: 不当督导, 事件相关电位, 奖惩, 反馈。

Liu Yingjie, Liu Yaozhong, Tang Zhiwen, Peng Jian. Subordinate give their feedback about the rewards and punishment in the Abusive Supervision: An ERP Study[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(6): 823-831.

刘映杰, 刘耀中, 唐志文, 彭坚. 不当督导下员工对于奖惩的反馈：来自ERP的证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(6): 823-831.

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