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One size does not fit all: Taking trainees’ personal characteristics into consideration in sexual harassment and racial discrimination training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2020

Tamar Icekson
Affiliation:
Peres Academic Center Ben Gurion University
Aharon Tziner*
Affiliation:
Peres Academic Center Netanya Academic College
Liad Bareket-Bojmel
Affiliation:
Peres Academic Center
*
*Corresponding author. Email: atziner@netanya.ac.il; aetziner@pac.ac.il

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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. 2020

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