Sexual harassment: A preliminary analysis of its effects on Hong Kong Chinese women in the workplace and academia

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 661-672

  Chan, Darius K S ^a   Tang, Catherine So Kum ^b   Chan, Wai ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033270473     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00390.x     Document Type: Article

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