Job insecurity, perceived employability and targets' and perpetrators' experiences of workplace bullying

Work and Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-224

  de Cuyper, Nele ^a   Baillien, Elfi ^a   de Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bullying; Employability; Job insecurity; Mobbing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350303290     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370903257578     Document Type: Article

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