The Perception, Incidence and Management of Sexual Harassment at Workplace: A Malaysian Case

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  • Sabitha Bagam Marican School of Social Development, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/mmj2000.4.1

Abstrak

This paper focuses on perception and management of sexual harassment (SH) at the workplace. The study was carried out in Northern Malaysia among 586 public sector administrators. Results showed that 43% of the total male respondents and 47% of the female respondents have faced some kind of sexual harassment. Findings showed that the internal whistleblowing mechanism is also inadequate, though the respondents are quite confi­dent with the management in reporting SH cases. Finally, the article outline strategies that could ameliorate the occurrence of SH at the workplace as it is important to the organization and the priceless workers in the organization.

 

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2000-12-01

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Jil. 4 No. 1&2 (2000): Malaysian Management Journal (MMJ) Vol. 4 No. 1&2 June/December 2000

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Marican, S. B. (2000). The Perception, Incidence and Management of Sexual Harassment at Workplace: A Malaysian Case. Malaysian Management Journal, 4(1&2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.32890/mmj2000.4.1

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