Impact of gender harassment on job-related behaviors in the Japanese workplace

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace gender harassment of female expatriates across 25 host countries and consider the role of institutional-level gender discrimination as a boundary condition. Further, the study investigates the effects of workplace gender harassment on frustration and job satisfaction and general job stress as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach The sample is comprised of 160 expatriates residing in 25 host countries. The authors test the model using partial least-squares structural equation modeling. Findings The results show that female expatriates experience more workplace gender harassment than male expatriates. This effect is particularly pronounced in host countries with strong institutional-level gender discrimination. Moreover, the authors found significant main effects of gender harassment on expatriates’ frustration and job satisfaction. Further, the authors identified a significant association between frustration and job satisfaction. No significant moderation effect of general job stress was found. Research limitations/implications The study’s data are cross-sectional. Future studies are encouraged to use longitudinal research designs. Further, future studies could center on perpetrators of harassment, different manifestations of harassment, and effective countermeasures. Practical implications The study raises awareness on the challenges of harassment of female expatriates and the role of the host country context. Further, the study shows the detrimental effects of gender harassment on female expatriates’ job satisfaction which is a central predictor of variables crucial to international assignments, for example, performance or assignment completion. Originality/value The study is among the first endeavors to include institutional-level gender discrimination as a boundary condition of workplace gender harassment of female expatriates, and therefore puts the interplay between macro- and micro-level processes into perspective.

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“I’ll never be one of the boys”: Gender harassment of women working as pilots and automotive tradespeople

Gender Work and Organization ◽

10.1111/gwao.12443 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Meraiah Foley ◽

Sarah Oxenbridge ◽

Rae Cooper ◽

Marian Baird

Keyword(s):

Gender Harassment

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Effects of gender harassment on science popularization behaviors

Public Understanding of Science ◽

10.1177/0963662520946667 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (7) ◽

pp. 718-728

Author(s):

Lisa McDonald ◽

Chantal Barriault ◽

Thomas Merritt

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Public Engagement ◽

Science Communication ◽

Online Survey ◽

Gender Harassment ◽

The Public ◽

Science Popularization ◽

The Creation ◽

Clothing Choices

In this pilot study, we used a mixed methods online survey to ask science popularizers how gender harassment influences the way they communicate science to the public. Popularizers reported that gender harassment caused the science popularization field to increasingly strive for gender inclusivity in the creation of content. However, harassment made female popularizers feel they must emphasize their legitimacy, quite conscious of their clothing choices, and wary of engaging the public through mediums or topics that provoke more severe harassment. Implications for science communication and public engagement are discussed.

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Gender Harassment Persists in Medical Training

Women's Health Reports ◽

10.1089/whr.2020.0055 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 459-462

Author(s):

Carolina Vogel ◽

Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber

Keyword(s):

Medical Training ◽

Gender Harassment

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Predicting Sexual Harassment From Hostile Sexism and Short-Term Mating Orientation: Relative Strength of Predictors Depends on Situational Priming of Power Versus Sex

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801216678092 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 123-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Charlotte Diehl ◽

Jonas Rees ◽

Gerd Bohner

Keyword(s):

Sexual Harassment ◽

Relative Strength ◽

Hostile Sexism ◽

Gender Harassment ◽

Short Term ◽

Different Types ◽

Unwanted Sexual Attention ◽

And Gender ◽

Power Priming ◽

Practical Implications

Previous research has shown that short-term mating orientation (STMO) and hostile sexism (HS) selectively predict different types of sexual harassment. In a priming experiment, we studied the situational malleability of those effects. Male participants could repeatedly send sexist jokes (gender harassment), harassing remarks (unwanted sexual attention), or nonharassing messages to a (computer-simulated) female target. Before entering the laboratory, participants were unobtrusively primed with the concepts of either sexuality or power. As hypothesized, sexuality priming strengthened the link between STMO and unwanted sexual attention, whereas power priming strengthened the link between HS and gender harassment. Practical implications are discussed.

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