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A typology of personal and environmental sexual harassment: Research and policy implications for the 1990s
Gruber, James E.
Gruber, James E.
1992-06
Citation:Gruber, James E.; (1992). "A typology of personal and environmental sexual harassment: Research and policy implications for the 1990s." Sex Roles 26 (11-12): 447-464. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45598>
Abstract: Most of the research conducted on sexual harassment over the last decade and a half has used categories that are neither mutually exclusive nor exhaustive. This has created problems for researchers: it is difficult to compare results from one study to another, harassment types that have scholarly and legal-policy relevance are omitted, and the ability of researchers to inform legal and policy decisions is diminished as a result of these problems. A comprehensive categorization of harassment types that addresses these methodological problems is presented. Specifically, 11 specific types of harassment—4 types of Verbal Requests, 3 Verbal Remarks, and 4 Nonverbal Displays—are presented with examples from research and legal literatures. Recommendations for reconceptualizing research definitions of harassment as well as for diversifying the methodological approaches to the topic are made.