Abusive supervision. Tepper’s (2000) scale was used to measure employees’
experiences of AS (15 items; a ¼ 0.90). Sample items include My line manager
disrespects and is rude to me and my line manager intrudes into my privacy. Responses
were recorded using a six-point Likert scale (1 ¼ never, 6 ¼ always). Higher scores
represent a higher occurrence of AS in the workplace.