'It's only dick': The sexual harassment of women managers in insurance sales

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-56

  Collinson, Margaret ^a   Collinson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Indust Rel Organisational B

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EID: 0030557314     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017096101002     Document Type: Article

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