Journal of Human Resources Management and Labor Studies

Understanding Sexual Harassment: Predictors and Consequences
Arnida Jahya

Abstract
Sexual harassment represents one of the most prevalent forms of dysfunctional behavior observed in the workplace today. More studies need to be done not only for understanding the issues, predictors and consequences of sexual harassment but also to identify related theories in understanding the sexual discrimination at the workplaces. More local empirical evidences are needed to understand employees’ level of awareness towards sexual harassment and their experience of sexual harassment incidences at the workplace locally. It should also be noted that all companies should have their sexual harassment policy at the workplace. The sexual harassment policy should be distributed to all organizational members as to ensure the organizational members will aware that there is a zero tolerance towards harassing behavior. However, the tolerance towards sexual harassment also depends to the individual understanding. As such, this study will discuss in details the definition, predictors and consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace in order to equip women the knowledge on the nature of sexual harassment.

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