The Globalization of Sexual Harassment

Markert, John

doi:10.1016/s1529-2126(05)09006-5

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“…Statutes also frequently refer to vicarious liability, whereby organizations may be held liable unless they can establish they took all reasonable steps to prevent the acts or that they promptly corrected the conduct after it became evident (e.g. Newton 2007; see Markert, 2005 for a cross-national comparison of SH law). Case law often provides for SH which occurs not only at the physical location of employment, but outside the immediate workplace.…”

Section: Sh Definedmentioning

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Workplace Sexual Harassment 30 Years on: A Review of the Literature

McDonald¹

2011

Int J Management Reviews

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Despite its proscription in legal jurisdictions around the world, workplace sexual harassment (SH) continues to be experienced by many women and some men in a variety of organizational settings. The aims of this review article are threefold: first, with a focus on workplace SH as it pertains to management and organizations, to synthesize the accumulated state of knowledge in the field; second, to evaluate this evidence, highlighting competing perspectives; and third, to canvass areas in need of further investigation. Variously ascribed through individual (psychological or legal consciousness) frameworks, sociocultural explanations and organizational perspectives, research consistently demonstrates that, like other forms of sexual violence, individuals who experience workplace SH suffer significant psychological, health‐ and job‐related consequences. Yet they often do not make formal complaints through internal organizational procedures or to outside bodies. Laws, structural reforms and policy initiatives have had some success in raising awareness of the problem and have shaped rules and norms in the employment context. However, there is an imperative to target further workplace actions to effectively prevent and respond to SH.

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Section: Sh Definedmentioning

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Workplace Sexual Harassment 30 Years on: A Review of the Literature

McDonald¹

2011

Int J Management Reviews

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“…In general, legal definitions include a description of SH as involving unwanted or unwelcome conduct that has the purpose or effect of intimidating, degrading, humiliating, offending, or violating individuals' dignity (McDonald, ). However, across countries, legal definitions of SH vary in the range of conduct covered (e.g., whether conduct must be “sexual” in nature), the degree of objectivity implied, and the conditions necessary to establish employer liability (Markert, ). The legal definition of SH in the United States, the country whose law first recognized SH and has influenced the law of many other countries (Markert, ), will be discussed in greater detail, below.…”

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“…However, across countries, legal definitions of SH vary in the range of conduct covered (e.g., whether conduct must be “sexual” in nature), the degree of objectivity implied, and the conditions necessary to establish employer liability (Markert, ). The legal definition of SH in the United States, the country whose law first recognized SH and has influenced the law of many other countries (Markert, ), will be discussed in greater detail, below.…”

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Sexual harassment training effectiveness: An interdisciplinary review and call for research

Roehling

Huang

2018

J Organ Behavior

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Summary Although sexual harassment (SH) training is widespread, has many important consequences for individuals and organizations, and is of demonstrated interest to researchers across a wide range of disciplines, there has never been a comprehensive, interdisciplinary attempt to identify and systematically evaluate relevant research findings. This article addresses that need in the literature. It discusses the legal context of SH training and its relevance to research issues, provides an organizing framework for understanding the primary factors influencing SH training effectiveness, critically reviews empirical research providing evidence of the effectiveness of SH training, and sets forth a research agenda.

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“…This national comparative study on sexual harassment thus examines how legal consciousness emerged across age cohorts in response to broader legal and social changes. Japan is an ideal case to compare with the United States, as it has a similar EEO‐based sexual harassment law, but one that was implemented at a later period (Markert 2005). We next consider the development and public recognition of sexual harassment as a workplace problem in the United States and Japan.…”

Section: The Diffusion Of Legal Consciousness Across Nations and Cohortsmentioning

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Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan

Uggen

Shinohara

2009

The Sociological Quarterly

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Public consciousness of sexual harassment, or sekuhara, emerged much later in Japan than in the United States. This article, the first comparative study of sexual harassment in the two nations, explores how consciousness of a new legal category diffuses across nations and begins to take root in younger cohorts. Analyses of the U.S. General Social Survey and the Japanese Survey on Working Women's Consciousness show how age cohorts entering the labor force following major equal opportunity legislation report more sexual harassment than do older cohorts. We first conduct a separate nation-specific analysis and then pool the data sets to test for national differences with cross-product interaction terms. The effects of age, income, and job satisfaction all differ significantly between the United States and Japan. Family and life course factors are also important predictors, particularly in Japan. We interpret these results based on the extant literature on sexual harassment, legal consciousness over the life course, and comparative research on workplace behaviors.

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The Globalization of Sexual Harassment

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Workplace Sexual Harassment 30 Years on: A Review of the Literature

Workplace Sexual Harassment 30 Years on: A Review of the Literature

Sexual harassment training effectiveness: An interdisciplinary review and call for research

Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan

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