Outcomes of exposure to workplace bullying: A meta-analytic review

Work and Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-332

  Nielsen, Morten Birkeland ^a,b   Einarsen, Ståle ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

absenteeism; longitudinal; mental health; Meta analysis; outcomes; theoretical model; workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869175687     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2012.734709     Document Type: Article

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