Harassing Under the Influence: The Prevalence of Male Heavy Drinking, the Embeddedness of Permissive Workplace Drinking Norms, and the Gender Harassment of Female Coworkers

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-250

  Bacharach, Samuel B ^a   Bamberger, Peter A ^a,b   McKinney, Valerie M ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

alcoholism; drinking cultures; gender and diversity; multilevel analysis; sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EID: 34548840854     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.12.3.232     Document Type: Article

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