Workplace bullying and sleep quality: The mediating role of worry and need for recovery

Behavioral Psychology/ Psicologia Conductual

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-468

  Rodríguez Muñoz, Alfredo ^a   Notelaers, Guy ^b,c   Moreno Jiménez, Bernardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Need for recovery; Sleep quality; Workplace bullying; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755152417     PISSN: 11329483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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