Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Sexual harassment; Job satisfaction; Part-time employment;
Abstract
The current research investigated the impact of sexual and bystander harassment on work-related attitudes, work behaviors, and psychological health. Participants included 314 females who worked part-time at their organization. All participants individually completed a computer administered Workplace Experiences Survey assessing various aspects of their work environment including personal and bystander harassment experiences, work-related attitudes (supervisor, coworker, and work satisfaction), work behaviors (work and job withdrawal), and psychological well-being. It was predicted that both direct sexual harassment and bystander harassment experiences would be associated with more negative work attitudes, greater withdrawal behaviors, and poorer psychological health, with bystander harassment moderating the impact of these outcomes. Results found partial support for predictions. As predicted, both direct sexual harassment and bystander harassment experiences were positively related to work and job withdrawal and negatively related to supervisor satisfaction. No relation emerged between harassment experiences and coworker satisfaction, work satisfaction, or psychological health. Additionally, bystander harassment experiences moderated the relation between sexual harassment experiences and supervisor satisfaction, work satisfaction, and work withdrawal, such that women reporting higher levels of both types of harassment also reported the lowest satisfaction and highest level of work withdrawal. However, contrary to expectation, the negative effects of sexual harassment were more pronounced at lower levels of bystander harassment. Results are discussed in terms of the effects of organizational climate on victim perceptions, organizational implications, and directions for future research.
Year of Submission
2025
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Robert Hitlan
Date Original
2025
Object Description
1 PDF file (51 pages)
Copyright
©2025 Erin Powers
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Powers, Erin, "Sexual and Bystander Sexual Harassment Experiences Among Part-time Female Employees: Testing an Interactive Model" (2025). Graduate Research Papers. 4645.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/4645
