Authors :
Shree Kavya D K; Dr. Malar Packyanathan
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10539154
Abstract :
Sexual harassment is one of the significant
issues in majority of organizations. Sexual harassment at
workplace is an unwelcoming behavior indulged to
employees by their senior authorities or even colleagues.
Such inappropriate behavior makes an employee feel
uncomfortable and disturbed. It leads the employee to
experience an awful, inadequate air at the working
environment. It is most commonly seen in case of
women’s and the number of cases filed is higher
compared to males. It is not specified to any sector of
employment or to subjective level, women of every job
post gets harassed and which shows the level of security
available for women in their working organizations. Any
kind of harassment is wrong, but sexually harassing in
particular is against women’s right to work. As it makes
the working environment more hostile and uncertain,
which makes women less likely to take the lead and
curbs their ability to be financially independent and
strive for all-around development. This results in various
negative impacts in both organizational and personal
development such as decreased job satisfaction,
depression, loss of motivation, diminished sense of self
worth, etc. Therefore this paper studies about various
methods of sexual harassment experienced by the victims
and the consequences face by them under different
traits. It is important to create a sense of security in
working organizations for efficient performance. It is
important to insure that the emphasis is on prevention
rather than corrective action. Thus it also speaks about
the effective recommendations to prevent sexual
harassment at workplace.
Keywords :
Sexual Harassment, Workplace, Women, Sexual Behavior, Organization.
Sexual harassment is one of the significant
issues in majority of organizations. Sexual harassment at
workplace is an unwelcoming behavior indulged to
employees by their senior authorities or even colleagues.
Such inappropriate behavior makes an employee feel
uncomfortable and disturbed. It leads the employee to
experience an awful, inadequate air at the working
environment. It is most commonly seen in case of
women’s and the number of cases filed is higher
compared to males. It is not specified to any sector of
employment or to subjective level, women of every job
post gets harassed and which shows the level of security
available for women in their working organizations. Any
kind of harassment is wrong, but sexually harassing in
particular is against women’s right to work. As it makes
the working environment more hostile and uncertain,
which makes women less likely to take the lead and
curbs their ability to be financially independent and
strive for all-around development. This results in various
negative impacts in both organizational and personal
development such as decreased job satisfaction,
depression, loss of motivation, diminished sense of self
worth, etc. Therefore this paper studies about various
methods of sexual harassment experienced by the victims
and the consequences face by them under different
traits. It is important to create a sense of security in
working organizations for efficient performance. It is
important to insure that the emphasis is on prevention
rather than corrective action. Thus it also speaks about
the effective recommendations to prevent sexual
harassment at workplace.
Keywords :
Sexual Harassment, Workplace, Women, Sexual Behavior, Organization.
