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. 2020 Dec 19;17(24):9537.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249537.

How Does Sexual Harassment Influence the Female Employee's Negative Response in a Deluxe Hotel?

Hyo Sun Jung  1 , Hye Hyun Yoon  2
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How Does Sexual Harassment Influence the Female Employee's Negative Response in a Deluxe Hotel?

Hyo Sun Jung et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Today, organizations face risky legal and financial consequences stemming from a single sexual harassment event. The purpose of this study was to verify that the sexual harassment, as perceived by female employees, significantly affects their levels of psychological distress and workplace deviant behavior to investigate the moderating role of organizational silence and psychological detachment in the causal relationship. First, this study found that perceived sexual harassment has a negative impact on the female employees' psychological distress and workplace deviant behavior. This study's results also demonstrated that psychological distress has a positive impact on workplace deviant behavior. Additionally, the influence of perceived sexual harassment on psychological distress increased when the employees' psychological detachment was weak. Finally, limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

Keywords: deluxe hotel; deviant behavior; female employee; organizational silence; psychological detachment; psychological distress; sexual harassment.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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A proposed model of sexual harassment, psychological distress, workplace deviant behavior, organizational silence, and psychological detachment.
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