Abusive supervision and work tension as predictors of counterproductive work behaviour among Nigerian police

Abstract

The study investigated abusive supervision and work tension as predictors of counterproductive work behaviour among police officers. Two hundred and fifty Police officers participated in the study, who were randomly drawn from Ebonyi State Police division, Abakaliki. Their age ranged between 24years to 60years. Three instruments were used for data collection: Abusive Supervision Scale, Work Tension Scale and Counterproductive Work Behaviour Scale. Three hypotheses were stated and tested. The result of the regression analysis showed that all the null hypotheses were rejected implying that the abusive supervision, work tension significantly predicted CWB. It was concluded that abusive supervision and work tension are positively associated with CWB. Implications and limitations were discussed and suggestions were made for further studies.