Publication Date
Spring 2018
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Betsy Shoenfelt (Director), Reagan Brown, and Aaron Wichman
Degree Program
Department of Psychological Sciences
Degree Type
Master of Science
Abstract
This research examined gender and employment status (full-time worker or student) differences in perceptions of workplace sexual harassment and incivility. Previous and recent meta-analyses suggested small effects by gender. The current research introduced a method of measuring perceptions by forcing a choice of identifying a behavior as sexual harassment, incivility, or neither. The instrument was designed in this way to determine if small effects existed because males tended to have overlapping definitions of sexual harassment and incivility. Propensity to sexually harass was also measured. Results suggest no gender or employment status effects on the method, but propensity to sexually harass effects were found.
Disciplines
Cognition and Perception | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Psychology
Recommended Citation
Schroader, John, "Perceptions of Uncivil and Sexual Harassment Perceptions by Gender, Employment Status, and Likelihood to Sexually Harass" (2018). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2573.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2573