Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-647

  McLaughlin, Heather ^a   Uggen, Christopher ^a   Blackstone, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; inequality; power; sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SURVEY METHOD; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864756458     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412451728     Document Type: Article

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