Workplace bullying: Causes, consequences, and corrections

Destructive Organizational Communication: Processes, Consequences, and Constructive Ways of Organizing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 27-52

  Lutgen Sandvik, Pamela ^a   Namie, Gary ^b   Namie, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84857489724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928554     Document Type: Chapter

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