Workplace bullying: A perspective from the Job Demands-Resources model

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  van den Broeck, Anja ^a,b   Baillien, Elfi ^a,b   de Witte, Hans ^b  

^a Faculty of Economy and Management   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 80053232415     PISSN: 02585200     EISSN: 20710763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v37i2.879     Document Type: Article

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