Organizational response to workplace violence

Handbook of Workplace Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 493-516

  Kelley, Elizabeth ^a   Mullen, Jane ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84952019279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976947.n21     Document Type: Chapter

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