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1 - Measurement of Workplace Aggression

from Part I - The Measurement, Predictors, and Consequences of Workplace Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

Nathan A. Bowling
Affiliation:
Wright State University, Ohio
M. Sandy Hershcovis
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
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