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Fernando, Dulini and Prasad, Ajnesh (2018) How managers, coworkers, and HR pressure women to stay silent about harassment. Harvard Business Review . ISSN 0017-8012.
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Abstract
Sex-based harassment is pervasive in the workplace. And it is disproportionately experienced by women. One reason why it is so common is that most victims stay silent about their experiences. Studies suggest that victims fear consequences at work or feel that nothing will happen as a result of speaking up. But what has been studied less is how this silencing occurs. Researchers explored how female victims are silenced — who influences them and what exactly happens when they try to speak up. In-depth interviews with 31 academics showed that victims encountered three barriers when they tried to speak up about the harassment they experienced: First, they were told they had to prove that their experience was uncommon and significant; second, they were expected to “trust the system” to resolve their issues; and third, they faced severe consequences, such as a damaged reputation, when they challenged the system.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Harvard Business Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Harvard Business School Publishing | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0017-8012 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 13 July 2018 | ||||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 June 2018 | ||||||
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