ABSTRACT

Whether victims of workplace sexual harassment voice their abuse or remain silent has implications for both organizations and victims. This study surveyed victims and observers of workplace sexual harassment to assess how medium of harassment, and voicing behaviors impact victims’ resilience and perceived vulnerability to future harassment. The study also examined the impact of organizational (in)tolerance of sexual harassment on both victims’ and observers’ organizational withdrawal and perceived vulnerability to future harassment. Findings show that victims’ resilience decreases when victims formally report their sexual harassment and when victims withdraw from their organizations, which is more likely to occur in organizations that are perceived as tolerant of sexual harassment. Results also show that observing sexual harassment had no effect on perceptions of organizational tolerance of sexual harassment. Theoretical and practical implications for organizations attempting to address the problem of sexual harassment are offered.

摘要

工作场所性骚扰的受害者是表达他们的虐待还是保持沉默对组织和受害者都有影响。本研究对工作场所性骚扰的受害者和观察者进行了调查，以评估骚扰媒介和发声行为如何影响受害者的复原力和对未来骚扰的感知脆弱性。该研究还研究了组织对性骚扰的（不）容忍对受害者和观察者的组织退缩以及对未来骚扰的感知脆弱性的影响。调查结果表明，当受害者正式报告他们的性骚扰行为以及当受害者退出其组织时，受害者的复原力会下降，而这种情况更可能发生在被视为容忍性骚扰的组织中。结果还表明，观察性骚扰对组织对性骚扰的容忍度没有影响。为试图解决性骚扰问题的组织提供了理论和实践意义。