At the conclusion of his 2007 review, Tepper identified a number of opportunities for
researchers to address limitations in existing research and move the study of abusive supervision
in promising new directions. We begin this review with an analysis of the extent to which
subsequent research has acted on these suggestions. We then provide a more comprehensive
summary of the findings from this newer body of research grouped by the antecedent, outcome,
and moderator (i.e., subordinates’ work context, supervisor and subordinate characteristics,
supervisor and subordinate behaviors) categories identified in Tepper’s (2007) emergent model.
We then revisit the issues identified in the previous section to determine if they are still relevant.