Perceptions of abusive supervision: The role of subordinates' attribution styles

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-764

  Martinko, Mark J ^a   Harvey, Paul ^b   Sikora, David ^a   Douglas, Scott C ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Attribution styles; Attributions; LMX

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960445954     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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