Examining the sexual harassment experiences of mexican immigrant farmworking women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-261

  Waugh, Irma Morales ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latina; Mexican farmworker; Sexual harassment; Women immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249105369     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209360857     Document Type: Article

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