Overt and covert aggression in work settings in relation to the subjective well-being of employees

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 360-371

  Kaukiainen, Ari ^a   Salmivalli, Christina ^a   Björkqvist, Kaj ^b   Österman, Karin ^b   Lahtinen, Auli ^a   Kostamo, Anne ^a   Lagerspetz, Kirsti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Subjective well being; Victimization; Workplace aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354023     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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