Individual and situational predictors of workplace bullying: Why do perpetrators engage in the bullying of others?

Work and Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Hauge, Lars Johan ^a   Skogstad, Anders ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Harassment; Job stress; Perpetrator

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649089447     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370903395568     Document Type: Article

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