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Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.
Perceptions of similar language may prevent understanding of sexual harassment policies
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective ...
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Factors that influence whether people define unwelcome sexual joking in the workplace as harassment
Jul 31, 2008 |
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A new study in Law & Social Inquiry shows that how people define sexual harassment is directly related to the extent to which they view sexual harassment rules as ambiguous and threatening to workplace norms.
Employees who are sexually harassed experience less job satisfaction and lower job performance
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and ...
Power and Sexual Harassment: Men and Women See Things Differently
Apr 03, 2007 |
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In the hands of the wrong person, power can be dangerous. That's especially the case in the workplace, where the abuse of power can lead to sexual harassment.
Bullying more harmful than sexual harassment on the job, say researchers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2008 |
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Workplace bullying, such as belittling comments, persistent criticism of work and withholding resources, appears to inflict more harm on employees than sexual harassment, say researchers who presented their findings at a ...
On-job minority women harassment studied
Mar 21, 2006 |
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University of Toronto scientists say they're the first to empirically document that minority women face workplace harassment based on both sex and ethnicity.
Bullies have harassed 14 percent of workers over past 6 months
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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avid Gonzalez and Jose Luis Grana have carried out a comprehensive study into the phenomenon of workplace abuse or bullying in Spain. The study includes data on 2,861 workers from various sectors, and confirms some commonly-held ...
Sexual harassment 10 times more likely in casual and contract jobs
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Women employed in casual and contract jobs are up to ten times more likely to experience unwanted sexual advances than those in permanent full time positions, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Women experience more sexual harassment in work groups with male, female balance
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Despite common assumptions, new research suggests that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group. Instead, researchers found that in most cases, women were sexually ...
Sexual harassment from males prevents female bonding, says study
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The extent to which sexual harassment from males can damage relationships between females is revealed in a new study. Led by the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of ...
Violence is a problem in the workplace, study shows
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey on the incidence of violence in the workplace has indicated that one in three employers have had problems with their staff being attacked or assaulted in the past year.
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