Keep things professional and there’ll be no reason to worry.
By Ida O. Abbott
Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know
A close work relationship between a man and a woman can generate sexual tensions in one or both of them.
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When the man is older and powerful and the woman is young and ambitious, the potential for complications is even greater.