Abusive supervision, upward maintenance communication, and subordinates' psychological distress

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1169-1180

  Tepper, Bennett J ^a   Moss, Sherry E ^b   Lockhart, Daniel E ^c   Carr, Jon C ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 36749100041     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159918     Document Type: Article

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