Forgiveness at Four Levels: Intrapersonal, Relational, Organizational, and Collective-Group

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bright, David S ^a   Exline, Julie J ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective group forgiveness; Forgiveness; Intergroup forgiveness; Interpersonal forgiveness; Intrapersonal forgiveness; Organizational forgiveness; Relational forgiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897457024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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