Victim Resistance: Theory and Data on Understanding Perceptions of Sexual Harassment

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 267-275

  Osman, Suzanne L ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonverbal behavior; Perceptions; Sexual harassment; Token resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642348374     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000015557.00936.30     Document Type: Article

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