Workplace Violence: The American Experience

Risky Business: Psychological, Physical and Financial Costs of High Risk Behavior in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 375-401

  Denenberg, Richard V ^e   Denenberg, Tia Schneider ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a American Postal Workers Union   (United States)

^b National Academy of Arbitrators   (United States)

^c Educational and Research Foundation   (United States)

^d and History   (United States)

^e NONE

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EID: 84886193663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315606569-16     Document Type: Chapter

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