Sex-based harassment in employment: New insights into gender and context

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-72

  Kabat Farr, Dana ^a,b   Cortina, Lilia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

gender demography; organizations; sex roles; sexual harassment; tokenism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXISM; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; WORK;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RISK FACTORS; SEXISM; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84893900691     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000045     Document Type: Article

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