Beyond resentment: Exploring organizationally targeted insider murder

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-103

  Allen, Robert E ^a   Lucero, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0030494138     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105649269652002     Document Type: Article

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