The relationship between interpersonal conflict and workplace bullying

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-263

  Leon Perez, Jose M ^a   Medina, Francisco J ^b   Arenas, Alicia ^b   Munduate, Lourdes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflict escalation; Mobbing; Relationship conflict; Task conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927167882     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-01-2013-0034     Document Type: Article

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