An operative measure of workplace bullying: The negative Acts questionnaire across Italian companies

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 686-695

  Giorgi, Gabriele ^a   Arenas, Alicia ^b   Leon Perez, Jose M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Negative acts questionnaire; Organizational climate; Validity; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLYING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

BULLYING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 83755195803     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1287     Document Type: Article

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