Is it lonely at the top? An empirical study of managers and nonmanagers loneliness in organizations

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 47-60

  Wright, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

loneliness; loneliness in the workplace; lonely at the top; managerial position

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857208405     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2011.585187     Document Type: Article

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