Relationship of abusive supervision and employees’ helping behaviors: moderated-mediation perspective

Muhammad Asim is a PhD scholar at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (School of Management). He got his MS degree from Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. His research interests are human resource and knowledge management.

Zhiying Liu is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China. He is Director of the Center for Business Administration Innovation Research, Anhui Provincial Key Research Base, and Director of Case Center of China University of Science and Technology. He has published more than 200 academic papers in Chinese and English and more than ten books. His research interests are innovation management, industrial economy and internet finance.

Muhammad Athar Nadeem received his PhD degree in management science (business administration) from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (School of Management). He got his MS degree specialization in business administration from National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. His research interests are knowledge management, national innovation capacity, effective use of information technologies and entrepreneurship.

Usman Ghani is serving as an Assistant Professor in Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan. He is also a postdoc fellow in School of Education, Zhejiang University, China. He has completed his PhD in management from School of Management, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. He has published his work in different SCI/SSCI journals like Higher Education, Journal of Management & Organization, Personnel Review, International Journal of Manpower and Frontiers in Psychology. His areas of research interest are OB, HRM and educational management.

Junaid Khalid is a PhD scholar at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei. And currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. His research interests are organizational behavior, emotions and technological behaviors. His research work has been published in top ranked academic journals such as Journal of Business Research, Information Technology and People and Kybernetes.

Yi Xu is an Associate Professor at University of Science and Technology of China (School of Management). He is Deputy Director of EMBA Center at University of Science and Technology of China. His qualification includes bachelor of science and master of linguistics. His PhD research directions include: knowledge management, strategic management, innovation and entrepreneurship.