A trickle-down model of abusive supervision

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-357

  Mawritz, Mary Bardes ^a   Mayer, David M ^b   Hoobler, Jenny M ^c   Wayne, Sandy J ^c   Marinova, Sophia V ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84860668238     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2012.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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