Workplace aggression

Misbehaviour and Dysfunctional Attitudes in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-32

  Dupré, Kathryne E ^a   Barling, Julian ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 84996865903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230288829     Document Type: Chapter

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