Interpersonal Targets and Types of Workplace Aggression as a Function of Perpetrator Sex

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Arnold, Kara A ^a   Dupré, Kathryne E ^a   Hershcovis, M Sandy ^b   Turner, Nick ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

danger ratio; power; sex differences; status; workplace aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961165683     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-010-9155-x     Document Type: Article

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