Do demands and resources affect target's and perpetrators' reports of workplace bullying? A two-wave cross-lagged study

Work and Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-146

  Baillien, Elfi ^a,b   Rodriguez Muñoz, Alfredo ^c   van den Broeck, Anja ^a,b   de Witte, Hans ^d  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Job demands; Job resources; Two wave study; Work related stress; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960888023     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.591600     Document Type: Article

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