"Hey, why don't you wear a shorter skirt?" structural vulnerability and the organization of sexual harassment in temporary clerical employment

Gender and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-237

  Rogers, Jackie Krasas ^a   Henson, Kevin D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031287736     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124397011002005     Document Type: Article

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