A study on Singaporeans' perceptions of sexual harassment from a cross-cultural perspective

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 699-717

  Li, Shu ^a,b,d   Lee Wong, Song Mei ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 23244456251     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02142.x     Document Type: Review

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