Losing sleep: Examining the cascading effects of supervisors' experience of injustice on subordinates' psychological health

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-55

  Rafferty, Alannah E ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^b   Jimmieson, Nerina L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Injustice; Insomnia; Psychological distress; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951042821     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678371003715135     Document Type: Article

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