Sexual harassment training: Recommendations to address gaps between the practitioner and research literatures

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 817-837

  Perry, Elissa L ^a   Kulik, Carol T ^b   Field, Marina P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Practitioner research gaps; Sexual harassment; Training effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949090672     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20316     Document Type: Article

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