Answering accountability questions in sexual harassment: Insights regarding harassers, targets, and observers

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-106

  O'Leary Kelly, Anne M ^a   Tiedt, Paul ^a   Bowes Sperry, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability theory; Passive response; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142822805     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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