Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment at work: Validity, factor structure and psychometric properties of the negative acts questionnaire-revised

Work and Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-44

  Einarsen, Staale ^a   Hoel, Helge ^b   Notelaers, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bullying; Harassment; Inventory; Negative Acts Questionnaire; Prevalence; Survey; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350261618     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370902815673     Document Type: Article

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