Public-initiated violence

Handbook of Workplace Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 261-280

  Mireille LeBlanc, Manon ^a   Dupré, Kathryne E ^b   Barling, Julian ^c,d  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queen’s School of Business ^*

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 46449091465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976947.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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