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"ref": "2001, Elaine Douglas, Bullying in the Workplace: An Organizational Toolkit, page 43:",
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"ref": "2012, Gillian Ogilvie, Living without Lucy, page 208:",
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"ref": "2013, Frank A. Stowell, Ray L. Ison, Rosalind Armson, Systems for Sustainability, page 450:",
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"ref": "2017, Marcus Weeks, What Would Nietzsche Do?:",
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