Why do you treat me badly? The role of attributions regarding the cause of abuse in subordinates' responses to abusive supervision

Work and Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-320

  Bowling, Nathan A ^a   Michel, Jesse S ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse; abusive supervision; attributions; counterproductive work behaviour; employee wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858309270     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.634281     Document Type: Article

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