The personality traits of workplace bullies are often shared by their victims: Is there a dark side to victims?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 738-743

  Linton, Daniel K ^a   Power, Jacqueline L ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Personality; Psychoticism; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873524611     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.026     Document Type: Article

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