Is workplace harassment hazardous to your health?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-110

  Rospenda, Kathleen M ^a,b   Richman, Judith A ^a   Ehmke, Jennifer L Z ^a   Zlatoper, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Occupational stress; Safety; Workplace harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044453422     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-005-6992-y     Document Type: Article

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