Workplace aggression in teenage part-time employees

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 987-997

  Dupré, Kathryne E ^a,c   Inness, Michelle ^b,d,e   Connelly, Catherine E ^b,d,f   Barling, Julian ^b,d   Hoption, Colette ^b,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Teenagers; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748653585     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.987     Document Type: Article

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