Sexual Harassment

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that both articles acknowledge the prevalence of sexual harassment and note that gender differentiations still exist in the workplace. The author points out that a large body of evidence suggests that workplace discrimination is an insidious problem that, in some instances, is ignored for fear of conflict in the workplace. The paper relates that, from each of the articles, one might conclude that sexual harassment training might need to be more gender-specific because the dominant theory seems to be that men and women view sexual harassment in the workplace very differently.

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Article 1: "A Meta-Analytic Review of Gender Differences in Perceptions of Sexual Harassment." By Rotundo, Nguyen & Sackett
Article 2: "Well Below the Threshold for Sexual Harassment Can Help You Avoid An Unexpected Lawsuit." J.W. Janove
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"This article is critical because it discusses not simply the topic of harassment but works to identify what behaviors are sexually harassing and how men and women may perceive different behaviors in the workplace. In order for managers to fully understand what behaviors actually constitute sexual harassment, the researchers point out it is critical that studies first analyze how individual differences in perceptions of sexual harassment come into existence and affect perceptions of harassment in the workplace."

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