Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace

This study examined the potential risks factors associated with sexually harassing behaviors within the framework of the four-factor model of sexual harassment. The factors examined are unprofessional work environment, skewed gender ratio in the workplace, knowledge of grievance procedure for sex...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Mohd Nazari, Lee , Kum Chee, Chan , Foong Bee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2007
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description This study examined the potential risks factors associated with sexually harassing behaviors within the framework of the four-factor model of sexual harassment. The factors examined are unprofessional work environment, skewed gender ratio in the workplace, knowledge of grievance procedure for sexual harassment, sexist attitudes among co-workers, privacy of workspace, physical attractiveness, dress manner of victims, job status, and sex roles. The dependent variable is incidence of sexual harassment which was evaluated using the Sexual Experience Questionnaire developed by Fitzgerald, Shullman, Bailey, Richards, Swecker, Gold, Ormerod, and Weitzman (1988). Data were collected from 657 women employees working in Malaysian organizations. The findings showed that the predictions of the four-factor model are also largely true in the case of the Malaysian workplace. The study also found that sexual harassment behaviors are fairly widespread in Malaysia
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spelling usm-359532017-08-04T08:35:42Z http://eprints.usm.my/35953/ Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace Ismail, Mohd Nazari Lee , Kum Chee Chan , Foong Bee HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management This study examined the potential risks factors associated with sexually harassing behaviors within the framework of the four-factor model of sexual harassment. The factors examined are unprofessional work environment, skewed gender ratio in the workplace, knowledge of grievance procedure for sexual harassment, sexist attitudes among co-workers, privacy of workspace, physical attractiveness, dress manner of victims, job status, and sex roles. The dependent variable is incidence of sexual harassment which was evaluated using the Sexual Experience Questionnaire developed by Fitzgerald, Shullman, Bailey, Richards, Swecker, Gold, Ormerod, and Weitzman (1988). Data were collected from 657 women employees working in Malaysian organizations. The findings showed that the predictions of the four-factor model are also largely true in the case of the Malaysian workplace. The study also found that sexual harassment behaviors are fairly widespread in Malaysia Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35953/1/AAMJ_12-2-2.pdf Ismail, Mohd Nazari and Lee , Kum Chee and Chan , Foong Bee (2007) Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 12 (2). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/12.2.2007/AAMJ%2012-2-2.pdf
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Ismail, Mohd Nazari
Lee , Kum Chee
Chan , Foong Bee
Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title_full Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title_fullStr Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title_short Factors Influencing Sexual Harassment In The Malaysian Workplace
title_sort factors influencing sexual harassment in the malaysian workplace
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
url http://eprints.usm.my/35953/
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