Status inconsistency: An antecedent to bullying behaviour in groups

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-361

  Thompson Heames, Joyce ^a   Harvey, Michael G ^a   Treadway, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Predicting bullying behaviour; Status inconsistency theory; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844455968     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500404952     Document Type: Article

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