Sexual Harassment and Organizational Outcomes Executive Summary

Abstract

Sexual harassment continues to be a problem in the United States Military. Indeed, Antecol and Cobb-Clark (2006) have found that 70.9 % of active-duty women reported experiencing sexually harassing behavior (e.g., crude or offensive behavior [69.2%], unwanted sexual attention [40.8%], or sexual coercion [12.3%]). Furthermore, 50 % reported hearing jokes about sex, and 25 % reported that they were repeatedly asked of dates or touched in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. Clearly, sexual harassment is a topic of concern for military commanders. A great deal of research on sexual harassment has accumulated over the past two decades. That research shows that sexual harassment leads to lower job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Gettman and Gelfand, 2007).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1044599

Entities

People

  • Charlie L. Law

Organizations

  • Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Cohesion
  • Executives
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Leadership
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Commanders
  • Personnel Management
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • United States

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