Working on a smile: Responding to sexual provocation in the workplace

Applications of Nonverbal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 139-155

  Woodzicka, Julie A ^a   LaFrance, Marianne ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 33750606806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612786     Document Type: Chapter

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