Abstract Theory and research suggest that sexual harassment is often a dominance strategy
used to undermine women's power, but the precise relationships between government …

Using data from the US Merit Systems Protection Board's most recent survey on sexual
harassment, this study examines influences on sexual harassment in the federal workplace …

Contrapower sexual harassment occurs when the target of harassment possesses greater
formal organizational power than the perpetrator. Traditional conceptualizations of power …

Power is at the core of feminist theories of sexual harassment, although it has rarely been
measured directly in terms of workplace authority. Popular characterizations portray male …

Theorists have suggested that oppressions based on gender and sexual orientation are
inherently linked. The present study aims to operationalize and test this proposition, by …

This chapter describes and critiques the research on public sector employees at three levels-
-national, state, and local (county/municipal). Special attention at each level is given to …

Rutgers University l^ ince the mid-seventies, the courts, popular and academic periodicals,
newspapers and books have focused increasing national attention on sexual harassment …

Sexual harassment is more prevalent for women supervisors than for women employees.
This pattern holds in the three countries we studied–the United States, Japan, and Sweden …

Focusing on the US military as a gendered and raced institution and using 33 in-depth
interviews with US servicewomen, this study identifies tactics and consequences of …

Data from a large survey of federal employees is utilized to compare three broad competing
perspectives that suggest effects on sexual harassment within organizations. Three different …