Workplace harassment: Double jeopardy for minority women

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 426-436

  Berdahl, Jennifer L ^a,b   Moore, Celia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Harassment; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33645413201     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.426     Document Type: Article

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