Sexual Harrassment At Work

Personnel managers' opinions on several issues regarding sexual harassment were obtained by means of a questionnaire to which there were 247 respondents. Issues considered include: 1. What constitutes sexual harassment? 2. How prevalent is it? 3. What can be done by organizations to minimize pr...

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Published in:Business horizons 1988-11, Vol.31 (6), p.14
Main Authors: d, Robert C, McLaughlin, Frank S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Harassment
Human resource management
Personnel policies
Prevention
Sex discrimination
Sexual harassment
Surveys
Women
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Summary:Personnel managers' opinions on several issues regarding sexual harassment were obtained by means of a questionnaire to which there were 247 respondents. Issues considered include: 1. What constitutes sexual harassment? 2. How prevalent is it? 3. What can be done by organizations to minimize problems? Several results were reported. As the relationship between sex and organization rewards became less direct, the amount of agreement among managers that the behavior actually was sexual harassment decreased. The number of incidents reported represents a very small percentage of employees; the most common complaints made were informal charges of comments, innuendos, and jokes of a sexual nature. The very small number of complaints causes the pervasiveness of this issue in the workplace to be questionable. Although prevention usually is the best policy, corrective action can be necessary at times. The data reflect the managers' difficulty in dealing with the proper response to a complaint.
ISSN:0007-6813
1873-6068