Human Capital and Inappropriate Behavior: Review and Recommendations

Abstract

Human capital is vital to the successful operation of any organization, the quality of which is threatened by inappropriate organizational behavior. Reducing or eliminating such behavior is critical. Organizations must establish a positive atmosphere that guarantees the rights of all employees to a workplace free from all forms of inappropriate behavior. Morrison proposed eight "people-focused principles of management" that would enable managers to activate and fully utilize the human capital in their organizations. This preliminary study suggests that adopting those principles would benefit organizations.

Social sexual behaviour and co-worker trust in start-up enterprises

“…Even for those who are not directly harassed, there is a cost (Glomb, Richman, Hulin, Drasgow, Schneider and Fitzgerald 1997). In particular, organizations that have more pervasive or damaging workplace behaviors are likely to experience low morale, deceptive behavior and an absence of trust (Van Fleet 2018). The negative consequences for trust are likely to be particularly costly in the entrepreneurial context where a willingness to be vulnerable is crucial for the efficiency and effectiveness of innovation in teams (Khan, Breitenecker, Gustafsson and Schwarz 2015).…”

“…These sexual behaviors can be split into harassing and non-harassing, yet difficulty exists in determining where the demarcation between these two conditions lie (Adikaram 2018). Behaviors characterised as sexual harassment are often suggested to be an exercise of power rather than of sexual interest (Gutek Cohen and Konrad 1990) and are considered part of a spectrum of abusive or counterproductive workplace behaviors (McDonald 2012;Van Fleet 2018). Definitions of sexual harassment typically include unwelcome contact, which has the purpose or effect of being intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive (McDonald 2012).…”