Cross-cultural reactions to academic sexual harassment: Effects of individualist vs. collectivist culture and gender of participants

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 201-215

  Sigal, Janet ^a   Gibbs, Margaret S ^a   Goodrich, Carl ^a   Rashid, Tayyab ^a   Anjum, Afroze ^a   Hsu, Daniel ^a   Perrino, Carrol S ^b   Boratav, Hale Bolak ^c   Carson Arenas, Aggie ^d   Van Baarsen, Berna ^e   Van Der Pligt, Joop ^f   Pan, Wei Kang ^g  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION   (Philippines)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Modern Women's Foundation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Harassment; Sexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944375740     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1295-3     Document Type: Article

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