Abusive supervision through the lens of employee state paranoia

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-66

  Chan, Meowlan Evelyn ^a   McAllister, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84883457714     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0419     Document Type: Article

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