Impact of bullying on workers

Workplace Bullying: Symptoms and Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-34

  Hogh, Annie ^a   Mikkelsen, Eva Gemzøe ^b   Hansen, Åse Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish consultancy firm CRECEA ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 84918922322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203130117     Document Type: Chapter

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