Perceptions and attitudes to sexual harassment: An examination of sex differences and the sex composition of the harasser-target dyad

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2136-2145

  Shechory Bitton, Mally ^a,b   Ben Shaul, Danit ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84885844118     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12166     Document Type: Article

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