Time to try a little tenderness?: The detrimental effects of accountability when coupled with abusive supervision

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-122

  Breaux, Denise M ^a   Perrewé, Pamela L ^a   Hall, Angela T ^a   Frink, Dwight D ^b,c   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549114754     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051808321787     Document Type: Article

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