Prevention and management of unprofessional behaviour among adults in the workplace: A scoping review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Tricco, Andrea C ^a,b   Rios, Patricia ^b   Zarin, Wasifa ^b   Cardoso, Roberta ^b   Diaz, Sanober ^b   Nincic, Vera ^b   Mascarenhas, Alekhya ^b   Jassemi, Sabrina ^b   Straus, Sharon E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE; HUMAN RELATION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85050665730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201187     Document Type: Article

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