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Erschienen in: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 3/2009

01.09.2009

Assessing Liability for Sexual Harassment: Reactions of Potential Jurors to Email Versus Face-to-Face Incidents

verfasst von: Robyn A. Berkley, David M. Kaplan

Erschienen in: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal | Ausgabe 3/2009

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Abstract

This paper investigates reactions of potential jurors to sexual harassment incidents. Email and face-to-face incidents are compared to determine the importance of context on decision-making. The paper considers juror decision-making for both guilt and level of award to randomly assigned scenarios involving multiple levels of harassment. Results found that email harassment was perceived more harshly, consistent with a context-based hypothesis. The paper concludes with organizational implications for better handling sexual harassment awareness training as well as Internet usage guidelines.

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Metadaten
Titel
Assessing Liability for Sexual Harassment: Reactions of Potential Jurors to Email Versus Face-to-Face Incidents
verfasst von
Robyn A. Berkley
David M. Kaplan
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2009
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal / Ausgabe 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0892-7545
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3378
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-009-9110-x

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