Workplace bullying and interpersonal conflicts: The moderation effect of supervisor’s power;Acoso laboral y conflictos interpersonales: El papel moderador de las bases de poder del supervisor

Revista de Psicologia Social

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-322

  Arenas, Alicia ^a   León Pérez, José María ^b   Munduate, Lourdes ^a   Medina, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Interpersonal conflicts; Power bases; Relationship conflict; Task conflict; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953851973     PISSN: 02134748     EISSN: 15793680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21711976.2015.1016753     Document Type: Article

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