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A theoretical integration of sexual harassment models

Gary L. Whaley, Shirley H. Tucker

Equal Opportunities International

ISSN: 0261-0159

Article publication date: 1 February 1998

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Abstract

Reports research statistics that reveal that half of all working women are likely to suffer some form of sexual harassment during their careers, particularly those in non‐traditional posts. Outlines different explanatory theories for sexual harassment proposed in current literature, focusing in particular on socio‐cultural, organizational and individual differences models, and seeks to examine the interaction between various factors identified. Discusses the main effects of power distance, attitudes towards women and gender/job match on sexual harassment, and develops models of sexual harassment behaviour to examine the interaction between these three factors for women with male supervisors in traditional and non‐traditional roles, identifying the circumstances in which quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual harassment are most likely and most unlikely to occur. Illustrates how the different factors involved foster different kinds of sexual harassment at different levels of severity, and concludes that multiple strategies are required to address such behaviour.

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Whaley, G.L. and Tucker, S.H. (1998), "A theoretical integration of sexual harassment models", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610159810785485

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MCB UP Ltd

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