Answering five key questions about workplace bullying: How communication scholarship provides thought leadership for transforming abuse at work

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-47

  Lutgen Sandvik, Pamela ^a   Tracy, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

organizational communication; psychological abuse; workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857467711     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318911414400     Document Type: Article

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