The overarching purpose of this article is to review and synthesize the accumulated
evidence that explores the causes and consequences of abusive supervision in work
organizations. Our review is organized in three sections. In the first section, we discuss
research trends and provide clarification regarding the pressing and not-so-pressing
problems with the way that abusive supervision is ordinarily conceptualized and studied. In
the second section, we highlight problems and prospects in research on the consequences�…