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Looking beyond training as a solution to workplace sexual harassment and discrimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2020

Jillian Anne Latham*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
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*Corresponding author. Email: jillian.latham@uwa.edu.au

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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. 2020

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