Abusive supervision and employee well-being: The moderating effect of power distance orientation

Applied Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 308-329

  Lin, Weipeng ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Chen, Shuting ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84874556112     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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