Perceptions and punishments of workplace aggression: The role of aggression content, context, and perceiver variables

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2509-2531

  Brown, Theresa J ^a   Sumner, Kenneth E ^b  

^a GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748800239     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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