Sexual Harassment in Organizations
Ylikantola, Nina (2021)
Ylikantola, Nina
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052812341
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052812341
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This Bachelor’s Thesis looks into sexual harassment in organizations, how it affects them and how it can be prevented. This research is based on already published data with a goal to find out how sexual harassment affects organizations and their employees. Understanding what sexual harassment is and how it can be seen in the workplace makes it easier to create a better workplace for everyone.
The theoretical part will introduce four models; biological, organizational, sociocultural and sex-role spillover, that try to explain what sexual harassment is and why it happens in organizations. Then the focus will move to the people who are targets of this kind of behaviour and who are the harassers.
The last part will introduce three different intervention models to how organizations can prevent sexual harassment from happening or preventing the long-term effects. Organizations have the option to intervene in sexually harassing behaviour and make it stop before it can escalate to life-threatening.
The theoretical part will introduce four models; biological, organizational, sociocultural and sex-role spillover, that try to explain what sexual harassment is and why it happens in organizations. Then the focus will move to the people who are targets of this kind of behaviour and who are the harassers.
The last part will introduce three different intervention models to how organizations can prevent sexual harassment from happening or preventing the long-term effects. Organizations have the option to intervene in sexually harassing behaviour and make it stop before it can escalate to life-threatening.