Workplace aggression: The effects of harassment on job burnout and turnover intentions

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 742-759

  Deery, Stephen ^a   Walsh, Janet ^a   Guest, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnicity; harassment; job burnout; turnover intentions; workplace aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855170376     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011419707     Document Type: Article

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