Table 3.
Research designs employed in abusive supervision research
| Study Design | No. of research papers | % of N (= 273) |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative | ||
| Only Correlational Design | 153 | |
| Only Experience Sampling Design | 6 | |
| Only Experimental Design | 6 | |
| Only Longitudinal Design | 2 | |
| Any combination of the above five | 78 | |
| Sub-Total | 245 | 89.74% |
| Qualitative | ||
| Interviews | 0 | |
| Case study | 1 | |
| Ethnographic study | 0 | |
| Secondary data | 0 | |
| Sub-total | 1 | 0.36% |
| Mixed-method | ||
| Surveys and Interviews | 1 | |
| Case study and Interviews | 0 | |
| Interviews and Experiments | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | 0.73% |
| Grand Total | 248 |
The systematic review contains 248 empirical papers. Further, this review contains 4 critical reviews, 1 systematic review on experience sampling studies in leadership research, 6 conceptual papers, and 14 meta-analysis articles. Therefore, the total number of papers in the systematic review = 248 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 14 = 273