Changing Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workforce, 1987–94
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Pickerill (0000-0002-2070-705X, Washington State University), J Mitchell Pickerill, Robert A Jackson (0000-0002-1163-6421), Robert Jackson (0000-0003-3490-0026, Florida State University), Meredith A Newman (0000-0002-7228-2022, University of Illinois at Springfield) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 368-394 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2006.00231.x |
| OpenAlex | W2120709006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
Recent criticisms of sexual harassment law and workplace training policies contend that they have “sanitized” the workplace through their stigmatization of sexual expression that does not amount to actual discrimination. This study assesses some of the empirical foundations for those normative arguments. Using data from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's 1987 and 1994 surveys, we examine differences over time in federal workers’ perceptions of what types of behavior constitute sexual harassment. The article draws on a sociolegal theory of the endogenous nature of law as well as research on perceptions of sexual harassment. We hypothesize that, because of increased attention to sexual harassment, and to the hostile environment theory specifically, by scholars, judges, and the news media, and related policy changes in workplace training programs, federal workers likely came to view a wider range of sexual conduct as constituting harassment during this time period. The results support our expectations. We also find that sexual harassment training in their agency increased workers’ likelihood of viewing both hostile environment behavior and quid pro quo behavior as harassment
Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Empirical research · Harassment · Normative · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Workforce · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
What Is Sexual Harassment?
A meta-analytic review of gender differences in perceptions of sexual harassment.
Reconceptualizing Sexual Harassment
Gender Influence on Perceptions of Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment
The Sexual Harassment of Men
Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment
Effects of gender and situation on the perception of sexual harassment
Sexual harassment
Dimensions of perceptions of social-sexual behavior in a work setting
Perceptions of sexual harassment as a function of sex of rater and incident form and consequence
Does Sexual Harassment Training Change Attitudes? A View from the Federal Level
Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace
The Empirical Basis for the Reasonable Woman Standard
Social Science Research on Lay Definitions of Sexual Harassment
Sex Ratios, Sex Role Spillover, and Sex at Work
Sexual Harassment Policy
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding social sexual conduct at work
Creating Peer Sexual Harassment
Rivers of Law and Contested Terrain
Diversity Rhetoric and the Managerialization of Law
The Endogeneity of Legal Regulation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |