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Expanding the discourse surrounding sexual harassment: The case for considering experienced and observed hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and gendered incivility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2019

Nitya Chawla ,
Elena M. Wong  and
Allison S. Gabriel
Nitya Chawla*
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Elena M. Wong
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Allison S. Gabriel
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
*
*Corresponding author. Email: nityac@email.arizona.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 79 - 83
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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2019 

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