Abusive supervisory reactions to coworker relationship conflict

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1010-1023

  Harris, Kenneth J ^a   Harvey, Paul ^b   Kacmar, K Michele ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Coworker relationship conflict; Multi level

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052963004     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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