Bullying and organisational politics in competitive and rapidly changing work environments

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Salin, Denise ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

business professionals; internal competition; mobbing; organisational behaviour; organisational change; organisational politics; restructuring; work environment; workplace aggression; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346972853     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2003.002487     Document Type: Article

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