Managing aggression in organizations: What leaders must know

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 384-398

  Olson, John Bradley ^a   Nelson, Debra L ^b   Parayitam, Satyanarayana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Organizational behaviour; Violence; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748306273     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730610677981     Document Type: Article

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