Citation

de Coster S, Estes SB, Mueller CW. Work Occup. 1999; 26(1): 21-49.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

This article draws from criminological research on victimization and on organizational models of the social context of sexual harassment to propose a routine activities explanation of sexual harassment victimization. The authors propose that certain features of organizations can be used to conceptualize guardianship and the proximity component of target suitability in the routine activities framework. The authors also discuss the features of individuals (target attractiveness) that may make them more or less susceptible to victimization, provided that the organizational context is held constant. They test hypotheses from a routine activities explanation of sexual harassment using data from a national company in the U.S. telephone industry. The authors find general support for the importance of both organizational features and individual characteristics in the prediction of sexual harassment victimization. However, they find little evidence that individual characteristics and organizational features create harassment victimization, which is counter to a routine activities approach. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Work and Occupations, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by SAGE Publications)

Routine Activities
Sexual Harassment Causes
Sexual Harassment Victim
Female Victim
Adult Female
Adult Victim
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Violence Against Women
Victim Characteristics
Victimization Causes
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