Sexual Harassment in the Ivory Tower: Direct and Indirect Effects of Harassment Experiences on Professional Outcomes among Academic Faculty

Q2 Social Sciences
Richard M. Simon
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Abstract

Many studies of sexual harassment in academia account for its prevalence in specific disciplines, though few studies have systematically examined the role of sexual harassment as a mechanism of resource and reward distribution. Although there is a sizable amount of literature documenting the emotional trauma and loss of organizational trust among survivors of harassment, there is also a long tradition of feminist theory that has identified sexual harassment and assault as a central mechanism of the subordination of women in the workplace and in society. Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study tests two alternative hypotheses concerning the relationship between sexual harassment and professional rewards on a sample of 527 academic faculty at high research activity institutions: (1) experiencing sexual harassment leads to workplace disengagement, and should therefore be associated with fewer professional rewards and more negative outcomes on objective measures of professional performance; and (2) experiencing sexual harassment is embedded in patriarchal systems of occupational resource distribution, and should therefore be associated with greater professional rewards and more positive outcomes on objective measures of professional performance. Results suggest strong support for hypothesis 2 for the woman sample.
象牙塔中的性骚扰:性骚扰经历对学术人员专业成果的直接和间接影响
学术界对性骚扰的许多研究解释了其在特定学科中的普遍性,尽管很少有研究系统地研究性骚扰作为资源和报酬分配机制的作用。尽管有大量文献记录了骚扰幸存者的情感创伤和组织信任的丧失,但女权主义理论也有悠久的传统,认为性骚扰和性侵犯是女性在工作场所和社会中从属地位的核心机制。本研究采用结构方程建模方法,对527名高等研究机构的教职员工样本,检验了关于性骚扰与职业奖励之间关系的两个替代假设:(1)经历性骚扰会导致工作场所脱离,因此,应与较少的职业奖励和对职业表现的客观衡量的更多负面结果联系起来;(2)经历性骚扰植根于父权制的职业资源分配体系,因此应该与更大的职业回报和更积极的职业表现客观衡量结果联系在一起。研究结果有力地支持了女性样本的假设2。
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Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education
Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education Social Sciences-Gender Studies
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