Sexual Behavior at Work: Fun or Folly?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-47

  Berdahl, Jennifer L ^a   Aquino, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender; psychological well being; sex; sexual harassment; work withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EID: 60349106949     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012981     Document Type: Article

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