Gay Officers In Their Midst: Heterosexual Police Employees' Anticipation of the Consequences for Coworkers Who Come Out

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1145-1166

  Bernstein, Mary ^a   Swartwout, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

contact theory; heterosexism; homophobia; lesbian and gay rights and policy; workplace inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866287031     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.673945     Document Type: Article

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