Love, sex, and tech in the global workplace

The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 143-160

  Townsley, Nikki C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976053.n8     Document Type: Chapter

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