Sexual Harassment in the United States Military: The Development of the DoD Survey

Abstract

This report describes the development of a survey instrument to assess the incidence and causes of sexual harassment in the United States Military. The report begins with a general description of the scope of the problem of sexual harassment across different work settings. Subsequently, an analysis of the legal issues is presented. Then some selected scientific studies of sexual harassment are scrutinized. This is followed by documentation of the scope of the problem in the U.S. Military. Finally, some of the major issues to be addressed in the proposed DoD study are described. The content of the DoD survey was developed by the Defense Manpower Data Center in collaboration with the author while the author served as a Summer Faculty Researcher at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. Keywords: Equal opportunity, Hostile environment, Economic injury, Gender, Training, Personnel, Survey methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1988
Accession Number
ADA207047

Entities

People

  • John B. Pryor

Organizations

  • Illinois State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Illinois
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Sexual Assault
  • Social Psychology
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Strategic Security Studies