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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

By
Steve M. Jex  and
Alison M. Bayne
Edited by
Nathan A. Bowling  and
M. Sandy Hershcovis
Nathan A. Bowling
Affiliation:
Wright State University, Ohio
M. Sandy Hershcovis
Affiliation:
University of Calgary
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Research and Theory on Workplace Aggression , pp. 9 - 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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