Implementing Sexual Harassment Policy : Challenges for the Public Sector Workplace

by Laura A. Reese

• ISBN13: 9780761911456
• ISBN10: 0761911456
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Widespread sexual harassment in the public sector makes implementing sexual harassment policy a decidedly necessary task. In this book, the authors focus on the implementation of policy in public sector organizations using an analysis of case studies and survey data. The authors identify four major challenges to implementing sexual harassment policies and examine each starting with a description and concluding with specific recommendations for overcoming the challenges in policy making.

Table of Contents

The Challenge of Sexual Harassment Policy Implementation

Methodology and the Challenges of Studying Sexual Harassment

The City and the University

The Contextual Background

Policy Implementation and Definitions of Sexual Harassment

Policy Implementation and Reporting Sexual Harassment

Policy Implementation and Employee Perceptions of the Sexual Harassment Policy Process

Policy Implementation and Gender Differences

Putting It All Together

Policy Implementation Models

Recommendations for Sexual Harrassment Policy Implementation