(Un)common Knowledge: The Legal Viability of Sexual Harassment Research

Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 103-125

  Fitzgerald, Louise F ^a   Collinsworth, Linda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment; Sexual harassment; Social science; Theoretical formulations; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889314563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696422.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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