This study examined the processes linking abusive supervision to employees’ resistant toward organizational change by focusing on the mediating influence of moral identity. Tepper(2000) defined abusive supervision as subordinates’ perceptions of the extent to which their supervisors engage in the sustained display of hostile, verbal and nonverbal behaviors, excluding physical contact. previous research has examined why and how abusive supervision is related to its demonstrated outcomes. so that we predict moral identity would relate to the two dimensions of resistant toward organizational change(psychological, behavioral) and to mediate the abusive supervision–resistant toward organizational change relationship. specially this study explores a possible social psychological explanation for the attitudes and behaviors of people who respond negatively toward organizational change. this explanation derives from the psychological effects of a self-regulating construct referred to as moral identity that connects the abusive supervision behavior to organizational change efforts through the evaluative implications of moral self.
After literature review, we proposed main effect and mediating effect hypothesis. to test hypothesis, survey method were performed. total 200 questionnaires are used for analysis. the results are as follows. first, abusive supervision significantly increased psychological and behavioral resistant toward organizational change. second, moral identity have significantly decreased behavioral resistant toward organizational change. finally, moral identity mediate relationship between abusive supervision and behavioral resistant toward organizational change. these results indicate that to lead success of organizational change efforts, organization should be managed and mitigate abusive supervision. more specially we expand theoretical implication of moral identity’ role. therefore, this study makes contributions to research of moral identity and explain of abusive supervision’s influences.