Discouraging Bullying: The Role of Ethical Leadership and its Effects on the Work Environment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Stouten, Jeroen ^a   Baillien, Elfi ^b   van den Broeck, Anja ^b   Camps, Jeroen ^a   de Witte, Hans ^a   Euwema, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HUBrussel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bullying; ethical leadership; work conditions; workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957821392     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0797-x     Document Type: Article

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