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2026, 07, No.417 29-41
主管向上逢迎为何激发向下辱虐:基于自我损耗的理论视角
基金项目(Foundation): 国家自然科学基金面上项目“职场自省:本土构念与测量、作用机制与干预措施的实证研究”(72371243); 中国人民大学2025年度“求是学术”育人育才项目“主管向上逢迎的多层次影响效应研究:基于自我损耗的理论视角”(RUC25QSDL034)
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DOI: 10.14134/j.cnki.cn33-1336/f.2026.07.003
投稿时间: 2025-09-27
投稿日期(年): 2025
终审时间: 2026-08-21
终审日期(年): 2026
审稿周期(年): 1
发布时间: 2026-07-15
出版时间: 2026-07-15
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摘要:

在竞争加剧、趋于内卷的科层组织体系中,主管通常会通过向上逢迎更高层领导来增强竞争优势并实现层级跃迁。过去研究主要关注主管向上逢迎在向上管理中的积极与消极作用,忽视了这种行为对主管向下管理方式的潜在影响。文章基于自我损耗理论,探究主管的向上逢迎(面向更高权力的领导)对后续主管的辱虐管理(面向更低权力的下属)的影响。通过对232名公司主管的三阶段配对数据的统计分析,得出如下结论:主管向上逢迎会导致主管的自我损耗,进而会增加主管对下属辱虐管理的可能性。进一步地,当主管对下属的工具性依赖程度越高时,主管向上逢迎通过自我损耗正向影响辱虐管理行为的效应将减弱。文章聚焦于主管层面的向上逢迎,揭示了主管向上逢迎可能引发的向下管理后果,为组织有效干预主管的消极管理行为提供了理论指导。

Abstract:

In hierarchical organizational systems marked by intensifying competition and involution,supervisors often resort to upward ingratiation toward higher-level leaders to enhance their competitive edge and achieve upward mobility.While prior research has predominantly examined the positive and negative effects of upward ingratiation in the context of upward management,it has largely neglected the potential spillover effects of such behaviors on supervisors' downward management styles.Drawing on ego depletion theory,this study explores the impact of supervisors' upward ingratiation(targeted at higher-power leaders) on their subsequent abusive supervision(directed at lower-power subordinates).Based on a statistical analysis of three-wave paired data collected from 232 supervisors,we find that supervisors' upward ingratiation leads to ego depletion,which in turn increases the likelihood of abusive supervision toward subordinates.Moreover,this mediated positive effect is weakened when supervisors exhibit a higher degree of instrumental dependence on their subordinates.By focusing on upward ingratiation at the supervisory level,this study uncovers the unintended downward consequences of such ingratiatory behaviors and offers theoretical implications for organizations aiming to effectively curtail supervisors' negative managerial behaviors.

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基本信息:

DOI:10.14134/j.cnki.cn33-1336/f.2026.07.003

中图分类号:F272.92

引用信息:

[1]孙健敏,陈义,王丽.主管向上逢迎为何激发向下辱虐:基于自我损耗的理论视角[J].商业经济与管理,2026,No.417(07):29-41.DOI:10.14134/j.cnki.cn33-1336/f.2026.07.003.

基金信息:

国家自然科学基金面上项目“职场自省:本土构念与测量、作用机制与干预措施的实证研究”(72371243); 中国人民大学2025年度“求是学术”育人育才项目“主管向上逢迎的多层次影响效应研究:基于自我损耗的理论视角”(RUC25QSDL034)

投稿时间:

2025-09-27

投稿日期(年):

2025

终审时间:

2026-08-21

终审日期(年):

2026

审稿周期(年):

1

发布时间:

2026-07-15

出版时间:

2026-07-15

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