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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Unanticipated Consequences of Modern Social Control in Organizations.
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Mueller, Charles W.; De Coster, Stacy; Estes, Sarah Beth – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 2001
Modern organizational changes purportedly intended to increase job satisfaction and reduce turnover are actually forms of social control. Analysis of data from 6,000 employees found that an unintended yet beneficial consequence of these changes is reduced sexual harassment. (Contains 60 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Change, Sexual Harassment, Social Control
Routine Activities and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
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De Coster, Stacy; Estes, Sarah Beth; Mueller, Charles W. – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1999
In criminology, routine activities of potential victims can be used to predict victimization. Application to organizational sexual harassment data shows that organizational features (proximity in job location, supervisor or work group guardianship) and individual characteristics (target attractiveness) can predict sexual harassment victimization,…
Descriptors: Criminology, Institutional Characteristics, Prediction, Proximity