Psychological Predictors of Sexual Harassment: Locus of Control and Sexually Permissive Attitudes in the Workplace

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1Psychological Predictors of Sexual Harassment: Locus of Control and Sexually PermissiveAttitudes in the WorkplaceBased on the research presented in the study "Unwanted but Predestined or Explained and Prevented:Locus of Control and Sexually Permissive Attitudes as Predictors of Sexual Harassment Experience asEither Target or Perpetrator," discuss the relationship between locus of control, sexually permissiveattitudes, and sexual harassment experiences (both as a target and a perpetrator). Specifically, examinehow the psychological characteristics explored in the study may predict sexual harassment andinfluence severity perceptions. In your response, include an analysis of the role of locus of control as amoderator and mediator and the implications for organizational settings.Word Count Requirement:750-1000 words.

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2UnwantedbutPredestined orExplained and Prevented: Locus of Control and SexuallyPermissive Attitudes as predictors of Sexual Harassment Experienceas either Target orPerpetrator.UnwantedbutPredestined orExplained andPrevented: Locus of Control and SexuallyPermissive Attitudesas predictors ofSexual Harassment Experience as either Target orPerpetrator.Sexual harassment (SH) has been identified as one of the mostserious problemsin theworkplace whichnegativelyaffects productivity, work satisfaction, and overall psychological state ofemployees (Baker, Terpstra, & Larntz, 1990).However, despite increased awareness of bothacademicians and practitioners and their excessive efforts to address this issue, sexual harassmentproblems remain persistentover time(Langhout, Bergman, Cortina, Fitzgerald, et al, 2005).Empirical studies of sexual harassmentin organizationshave tended to focus onfactorsunderlying perceptions of SH or examining itsantecedentsandconsequences, including gender, age,marital status, severity perceptions, etc.(Fitzgerald, Hulin,&Drasgow, 1994).At the same time,studies on psychological factors, such as locus of control, or sexual permissiveness, arevirtually non-existing.However, sinceparticipants ofSH“collisions” are humans, we need to study thepsychological mechanisms which determine their behavior and account for becoming as either a targetor a perpetrator.This, in turn, will help tonot only explainseverity perceptionsbut alsopredict sexualharassment incidentsin the workplace.Therefore, this study has the following objectives. First, we set out to determinewhethersexually permissive attitudes and locus of controlmaypredict SH experiencesas either target or aperpetrator.Second, we seek to shed light on why sexual harassmentexperience mayinfluence SHseverity perceptions by examining rates of change in sexually permissive attitudes (mediator). Finally,we are interested in investigating how reported severity perceptions of targets and perpetrators aredifferent at different levels of locus of control(moderator).

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