A job characteristics approach to explain workplace bullying

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 487-504

  Notelaers, Guy ^a   de Witte, Hans ^b   Einarsen, Stale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job characteristics; Negative acts questionnaire; Vitamin model; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954284250     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903007620     Document Type: Article

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