Assessing workplace bullying: Spanish validation of a reduced version of the negative acts questionnaire

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-457

  Jiménez, Bernardo Moreno ^a   Muñoz, Alfredo Rodríguez ^a   Gamarra, Marino Martínez ^b   Herrer, Macarena Gálvez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Negative acts questionnaire; Occupational health; Validation; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748965907     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006715     Document Type: Article

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