Dynamics of sexual harassment for policewomen working alongside men

Policing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-498

  Somvadee, Chaiyavej ^a   Morash, Merry ^b  

^a Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy   (Thailand)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Human resource management; Police; Sexual harassment; United States of America; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349096557     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510810895821     Document Type: Article

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