The Price of Pettiness

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Alonso, Alexander, author.

Title: The price of pettiness : bad behavior in the workplace and how to stomp it out / by Alexander Alonso, PhD, SHRM-SCP.

Description: First edition. | Alexandria, Virginia : Society for Human Resource Management, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Problem employees. | Interpersonal conflict. | Psychology, Industrial. | Personnel management.

Classification: LCC HF5549.5.E42 (ebook) | LCC HF5549.5.E42 A46 2019 (print) | DDC 658.3/045--dc23

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