Strategic bullying as a supplementary, balanced perspective on destructive leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Ferris, Gerald R ^a   Zinko, Robert ^b,c   Brouer, Robyn L ^c   Buckley, M Ronald ^d   Harvey, Michael G ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Leadership; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248523529     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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