Abusive supervision and the entitled employee

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-217

  Harvey, Paul ^a   Harris, Kenneth J ^b   Gillis, William E ^c   Martinko, Mark J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c University of South Alabama   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Deviance; Entitlement; Undermining

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897646563     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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