Antecedents of gender harassment: An analysis of person and situation factors

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 794-807

  Hitlan, Robert T ^a   Pryor, John B ^b   Hesson McInnis, Matthew S ^b   Olson, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender harassment; Person x situation analysis; Sexual harassment; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149146705     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9689-2     Document Type: Article

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