Insights into sexual harassment of salespeople by customers: The role of gender and customer power

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 19-34

  Fine, Leslie M ^a   Shepherd, C David ^a   Josephs, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011144790     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.1999.10754169     Document Type: Article

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