Visualizing the Landscape of Abusive Supervision: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

We conduct a bibliometric analysis of abusive supervision as a valuable supplement to prior quantitative and qualitative reviews. Our bibliometric review provides a systematic perspective by portraying the landscape and developmental trajectory of abusive supervision research over time both in Asia-Pacific region and other contexts. Based on the co-citation and co-occurrence analyses, we detect the landmark documents, major themes with multiple theories, the developmental trajectory, intellectual structure and research trends within the abusive supervision literature. We also find abusive supervision confronts with cultural adaptability and has different evolving trajectory in Asia-Pacific region. Thus we provide a quick and comprehensive understanding of what happens in abusive supervision area, how it evolves over time and where we are going in future according to the bibliometric review.