The prevalence of destructive leadership behaviour

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 438-452

  Aasland, Merethe Schanke ^a   Skogstad, Anders ^a   Notelaers, Guy ^a   Nielsen, Morten Birkeland ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 77953991463     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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