The impact of interpersonal aggression on performance attributions

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-465

  Bowler, Mark C ^a   Woehr, David J ^b   Bowler, Jennifer L ^a   Wuensch, Karl L ^a   McIntyre, Michael D ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; conditional reasoning; performance attributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960113275     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111408897     Document Type: Article

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