Toxins in the workplace: Affect on organizations and employees

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-28

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   Roy Girard, David ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Managers; Organizational culture; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847153118     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710727087     Document Type: Review

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