Situational and dispositional determinants of workplace victimization: The effects of routine activities, negative affectivity, and low self-control

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-342

  Kodellas, Spyridon ^a   Fisher, Bonnie S ^b   Wilcox, Pamela ^b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Journalists; low self control; negative affectivity; routine activities; workplace victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939602605     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269758015591930     Document Type: Article

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