Hostile attribution in perceived justification of workplace aggression

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-194

  Homant, Robert J ^a   Kennedy, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037318199     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.185     Document Type: Article

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