Workplace aggression as a consequence of negative performance feedback

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-454

  Geddes, Deanna ^a   Baron, Robert A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0001481899     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318997104002     Document Type: Article

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