Psycho Holistic
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025)

The relationship between abusive supervision and employee performance among factory workers

Muhammad Indra Astrawan (Program Studi Magister Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Diponegoro)
Rifan Alamsyah (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Tri Muji Ingarianti (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Nov 2025

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between abusive supervision—which includes aspects of credit stealing, belittling behavior, yelling, and scapegoating—and worker performance among factory employees. Using a quantitative correlational design and purposive sampling, data were collected from 514 factory workers. Abusive supervision was measured using the multidimensional scale developed by Ghayas and Jabeen (2020), consisting of 15 items with acceptable internal consistency: credit stealing (α = .815), belittling behavior (α = .858), yelling (α = .770), and scapegoating (α = .864). Worker performance was assessed using the In-Role Performance (IRP) scale by Williams and Anderson (1991), which includes seven items (α = .84). Data were analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation with IBM SPSS Statistics version 27. The results indicated no significant relationship between abusive supervision and worker performance: credit stealing (r = .014, p = .754), belittling behavior (r = −.079, p = .075), yelling (r = −.046, p = .301), and scapegoating (r = −.034, p = .441). These findings suggest that abusive supervision does not significantly relate to factory workers’ performance. Nevertheless, abusive supervision remains an important issue, as it may negatively affect workers’ psychological well-being over time.

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psychoholistic

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Education Health Professions Public Health Social Sciences

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Psycho Holistic is an open access peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to the wide dissemination of novel and innovative research in various aspects of psychology, with a particular interest of the development of psychology and behavioral sciences in the world. Psyco Holistic invites manuscripts in the ...