Gender differences in the intention to react to aggressive action at home and in the workplace

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-441

  Winstok, Zeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral intentions; Escalatory tendencies; Family violence; Gender differences; Interaction unit of analysis; Theory of planned behavior; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748572291     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20143     Document Type: Article

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