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Workplace Harassment: Double Jeopardy for Minority Women

To date there have been no studies of how both sex and ethnicity might affect the incidence of both sexual and ethnic harassment at work. This article represents an effort to fill this gap. Data from employees at 5 organizations were used to test whether minority women are subject to double jeopardy...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 2006-03, Vol.91 (2), p.426-436
Main Authors: Berdahl, Jennifer L, Moore, Celia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:To date there have been no studies of how both sex and ethnicity might affect the incidence of both sexual and ethnic harassment at work. This article represents an effort to fill this gap. Data from employees at 5 organizations were used to test whether minority women are subject to double jeopardy at work, experiencing the most harassment because they are both women and members of a minority group. The results supported this prediction. Women experienced more sexual harassment than men, minorities experienced more ethnic harassment than Whites, and minority women experienced more harassment overall than majority men, minority men, and majority women.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.426