Job Stress and Incivility: What Role Does Psychological Capital Play?

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-458

  Roberts, Sara J ^a   Scherer, Lisa L ^a   Bowyer, Casey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

counterproductive work behaviors; incivility; job stress; psychological capital; workplace deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857481533     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051811409044     Document Type: Article

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