U.S. Sexual harassment law: Implications for small businesses

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Robinson, Robert K ^a   Jackson, William T ^b   Franklin, Geralyn McClure ^c   Hensley, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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