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Developing a framework of effective prevention and response strategies in workplace sexual harassment
Author(s) -
McDonald Paula,
Charlesworth Sara,
Graham Tina
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7941.12046
Subject(s) - harassment , typology , remedial education , psychological intervention , phenomenon , public relations , set (abstract data type) , criminology , psychology , political science , sociology , social psychology , law , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , psychiatry , anthropology , programming language
Sexual harassment remains a widespread workplace phenomenon, despite laws that proscribe it. Drawing initially on a typology from the violence prevention literature that conceptualizes prevention and response approaches according to when they occur, the paper synthesizes strategies identified in literature addressing workplace sexual harassment, as well as other workplace injustices or grievances. The paper utilizes this previous research to develop a framework of sexual harassment prevention strategies along two dimensions: functions and timing . The framework offers a research‐informed set of organization‐wide preventative and remedial approaches, a systemic approach to what is often seen as an individual problem, and a means to better focus interventions that are often disparate and unco‐ordinated. The paper also highlights important areas for future research including a stronger focus on longer‐term (tertiary) corrective actions.