Testing the work environment hypothesis of bullying on a group level of analysis: Psychosocial factors as precursors of observed workplace bullying

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-495

  Skogstad, Anders ^a   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^a   Einarsen, Ståle ^a   Hauge, Lars Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Institute of Occupational Health   (Norway)

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EID: 79956107238     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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