Types of touch in cross-sex relationships between coworkers: Perceptions of relational and emotional messages, inappropriateness, and sexual harassment

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-220

  Lee, Josephine W ^b   Guerrero, Laura K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coworker relationships; Cross sex relationships; Emotion; Sexual harassment; Touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035633279     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880128110     Document Type: Article

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