'She Said, He Said': Credibility and sexual harassment cases in Australia

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 336-344

  Easteal, Patricia ^a   Judd, Keziah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Porters Lawyers   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53249130630     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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