Sexual Harassment in Workplace
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
A decade ago, there have been noticing an increase on awareness of sexual harassment at workplace, since the rising of sexual harassment practice at workplace. The rise of sexual harassment begun as females enters the workforce. A research conducted at UK, shows that around 60% of females at work and 90% of female undergraduates experiences sexual harassment (Wilson, 1995) Despite that, there are many cases of female who do not report on sexual harassment (Davidson and Cooper, 1993; Kingsmill, 1989) Known that workplace have become “home” for most working class, in terms of hours spent in a day, it’s now significant to create an encouraging environment for male and female employees. Therefore, any forms of unhealthy behavior which intimidates the well being of employees should be avoid due to any circumstances which will interrupt the employees performance at an organization. The violence between male towards female at workplace is the most violent act (Walby, 1986). In addition ,this violent act has course an increase level of awareness compare to office romances (Barton & Eichelberger, 1994). The relationship between men and women at workplace at times should be comprehended because it is nature that human goes into relationship. However, employees should understand that romance and harassment are issues at place of work which is significant to the environment. For the upcoming sections, the author provides a detailed literature review by defining sexual harassment according to previous studies, history of sexual harassment, sexual harassment in workplace, sexual harassment in Malaysian workplace and its types and also workplace policy which consist of two part; Unwritten policy and Strict Written Policy. Furthermore, the author shares the research methodology with sample demographics, questions from the survey, and an interview was conducted. The author concludes the research with conclusion and recommendation for future work.
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1.0 Introduction
A decade ago, there have been noticing an increase on awareness of sexual harassment at workplace, since the rising of sexual harassment practice at workplace. The rise of sexual harassment begun as females enters the workforce. A research conducted at UK, shows that around 60% of females at work and 90% of female undergraduates experiences sexual harassment (Wilson, 1995) Despite that, there are many cases of female who do not report on sexual harassment (Davidson and Cooper, 1993; Kingsmill, 1989) Known that workplace have become “home” for most working class, in terms of hours spent in a day, it’s now significant to create an encouraging environment for male and female employees. Therefore, any forms of unhealthy behavior which intimidates the well being of employees should be avoid due to any circumstances which will interrupt the employees performance at an organization. The violence between male towards female at workplace is the most violent act (Walby, 1986). In addition ,this violent act has course an increase level of awareness compare to office romances (Barton & Eichelberger, 1994). The relationship between men and women at workplace at times should be comprehended because it is nature that human goes into relationship. However, employees should understand that romance and harassment are issues at place of work which is significant to the environment. For the upcoming sections, the author provides a detailed literature review by defining sexual harassment according to previous studies, history of sexual harassment, sexual harassment in workplace, sexual harassment in Malaysian workplace and its types and also workplace policy which consist of two part; Unwritten policy and Strict Written Policy. Furthermore, the author shares the research methodology with sample demographics, questions from the survey, and an interview was conducted. The author concludes the research with conclusion and recommendation for future work.
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