"In workplaces where employees have insecure jobs, they tend to feel mistreated by their managers. this study examines this phenomenon and, in particular, how it is moderated by the relational mechanism of perceived social worth at work. the conservation of resources (cor) perspective is used to guide analysis. this perspective provides competing rationales for employee acquisition/preservation of resources and ensuing abusive supervision. in a two-wave panel survey, 271 full-time employees with various occupations completed two questionnaires. results indicate that job insecurity is positively associated with abusive supervision. this association is stronger for employees who perceive higher social worth at work."

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