A model of racialized sexual harassment of women in the UK workplace

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-34

  Fielden, Sandra L ^a   Davidson, Marilyn J ^a   Woolnough, Helen ^b   Hunt, Carianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian women; Black women; Minority ethnic women; Racialized sexual harassment; Sexual harassment; Women of color

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449102995     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9715-4     Document Type: Article

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