Assessment of workplace bullying and harassment: Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of the negative acts questionnaire

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-81

  Takaki, Jiro ^a   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^b   Fujii, Yasuhito ^c   Taniguchi, Toshiyo ^c   Hirokawa, Kumi ^d   Hibino, Yuri ^e   Lemmer, Richard J ^f   Nashiwa, Hitomi ^g   Wang, Da Hong ^a   Ogino, Keiki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Chugoku Junior College   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Psychological stress; Reliability; Scale development; Social behavior; Validity; Workplace

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

AGGRESSION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77952298400     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.O9011     Document Type: Article

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