The Relationship Between Supervisor Personality, Supervisors' Perceived Stress and Workplace Bullying

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-651

  Mathisen, Gro Ellen ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^b   Mykletun, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

bullying; harassment; leadership; personality; romance of leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955473835     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0674-z     Document Type: Article

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