Workplace bullying: A cross-level assessment

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1214-1230

  Heames, Joyce ^a   Harvey, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Group behaviour; Individual behaviour; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750701844     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610707695     Document Type: Article

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