A review of abusive supervision research

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages

  Martinko, Mark J ^a   Harvey, Paul ^b   Brees, Jeremy R ^c   Mackey, Jeremy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Aggression; Attribution style; Attributions; Justice; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883446847     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1888     Document Type: Article

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