Effects of Workplace Bullying on How Women Work

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 910-931

  MacIntosh, Judith ^a   Wuest, Judith ^a   Gray, Marilyn Merritt ^a   Aldous, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

grounded theory; qualitative studies; women; work; workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BULLYING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957315363     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945910362226     Document Type: Article

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