Corporate Psychopaths, Bullying and Unfair Supervision in the Workplace

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-379

  Boddy, Clive R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

abusive supervision; bullying; Corporate Psychopaths; ethics; toxic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957807322     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0689-5     Document Type: Article

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