Bullying as unacknowledged organizational evil: A researcher's story

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-217

  Vickers, Margaret H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Case study; Evil; Qualitative research; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646735867     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014975203542     Document Type: Article

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