Bullying and Harassment at work

The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Einarsen, Ståle ^a   Matthiesen, Stig Berge ^a   Hauge, Lars Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bullying; Harassment; Interpersonal relationships; Mistreatment; Work related success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923619330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234738.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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