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Effects of sexual harassment on employees’ family undermining: Social cognitive and behavioral plasticity perspectives

Authors: Yi Liao, Xiao-Yu Liu, Ho Kwong Kwan, Qi-tao Tian

Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Issue 4/2016

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This study examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment on family undermining. The investigation focused on the mediating role of moral identity and the moderating role of organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). The results, which were based on employee-spouse dyadic data collected in China, indicated that employees’ perceptions of sexual harassment were negatively related to their sense of moral identity and positively related to family undermining behavior. Moreover, reduced moral identity mediated the relationship between sexual harassment and family undermining. Furthermore, OBSE attenuated the main effect of sexual harassment on moral identity and the indirect effect of sexual harassment on family undermining via reduced moral identity. Our findings offer insightful theoretical contributions and managerial implications that indicate new directions for research on sexual harassment and work-family relations.

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Title: Effects of sexual harassment on employees’ family undermining: Social cognitive and behavioral plasticity perspectives
Authors: Yi Liao
Xiao-Yu Liu
Ho Kwong Kwan
Qi-tao Tian
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Asia Pacific Journal of Management / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0217-4561
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-016-9467-y

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