Do they stay or do they go?: A longitudinal study of intentions to leave and exclusion from working life among targets of workplace bullying

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-193

  Berthelsen, Mona ^a   Skogstad, Anders ^b   Lau, Bjørn ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bullying; Employee behaviour; Employee turnover; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955931506     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111130198     Document Type: Article

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