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9 - Invisible at Work

Workplace Ostracism as Aggression

from Part II - The Social Context of Workplace Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

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Sandra L. Robinson  and
Kira Schabram
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. 221 - 244
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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