Managers in the firing line: Contributing factors to workplace bullying by staff - an interview study

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-281

  Branch, Sara ^a   Ramsay, Sheryl ^a   Barker, Michelle ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Power; Upwards bullying; Workplace abuse; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649112212     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2007.13.3.264     Document Type: Article

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