Job autonomy and workload as antecedents of workplace bullying: A two-wave test of Karasek's Job Demand Control Model for targets and perpetrators

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-208

  Baillien, Elfi ^a   De Cuyper, Nele ^a   De Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 79951874612     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317910X508371     Document Type: Article

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