Like wolves in a pack: Predatoryalliances of bullies in nursing

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-250

  Hutchinson, Marie ^a   vickers, Margaret H ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Mobbing; Nursing; Organizational networks; Predatory alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649919310     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2006.12.3.235     Document Type: Article

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