Interpersonal Counterproductive Work Behaviors: Distinguishing Between Person-Focused Versus Task-Focused Behaviors and Their Antecedents

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-482

  Ho, Violet T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviant behaviors; Interpersonal counterproductive work behaviors; Negative affect relationship; Person focused counterproductive work behaviors; Relational stressor; Social networks; Task focused counterproductive work behaviors; Trait competitiveness; Work dependence relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869075326     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-012-9256-7     Document Type: Article

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