Do targets of workplace bullying portray a general victim personality profile?: Personality and Social Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Glasø, Lars ^a   Matthiesen, Stig Bergw ^a   Nielsen, Morten Birkeland ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bullying; Personality; Workplace victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VICTIM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547457512     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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