Bullying in global organizations: A reference point perspective

Journal of World Business

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-202

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Innate characteristics of bullies; Multiple perspectives on bullying; Reference Point Theory; Social context of bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646143323     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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