Perales Francisco, Campbell Alice, Elkin Nicki
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
ACON Health, Sydney, Australia.
J Interpers Violence. 2024 Oct 8:8862605241285994. doi: 10.1177/08862605241285994.
Workplace sexual harassment represents a critical risk to contemporary organizations, with evidence indicating that its prevalence is increasing. Research has consistently demonstrated that workplace-sexual-harassment victimization exerts negative impacts on employees' health and wellbeing. However, no empirical studies have examined how these impacts vary by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) status. In this study, we leverage a unique survey dataset (2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index Employee Survey, n = 44,943) and random-intercept, multilevel regression models to estimate the relationships between workplace-sexual-harassment victimization and employee wellbeing. Expanding on earlier studies, we consider how these relationships vary between LGBTQ+ and other employees, across domains of employee wellbeing, and with the timing of sexual harassment. Our results reveal large, negative, and statistically significant impacts of sexual harassment on employee wellbeing. The impacts are comparatively larger for LGBTQ+ employees and recent harassment experiences, and manifest across all domains of employee wellbeing. These findings underscore the urgent need for holistic programs to combat workplace sexual harassment, and the importance of connecting these programs with diversity and inclusion initiatives.
职场性骚扰对当代组织构成重大风险，有证据表明其发生率正在上升。研究一直表明，职场性骚扰受害者会对员工的健康和幸福产生负面影响。然而，尚无实证研究考察这些影响如何因女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿（LGBTQ+）身份而有所不同。在本研究中，我们利用一个独特的调查数据集（2022年澳大利亚职场平等指数员工调查，n = 44943）以及随机截距多层回归模型，来估计职场性骚扰受害者与员工幸福感之间的关系。在早期研究的基础上进行拓展，我们考察了这些关系在LGBTQ+员工和其他员工之间、在员工幸福感的各个领域以及与性骚扰发生时间方面的差异。我们的结果揭示了性骚扰对员工幸福感具有重大、负面且在统计上显著的影响。对于LGBTQ+员工和近期的骚扰经历，这些影响相对更大，并且体现在员工幸福感的所有领域。这些发现强调了制定全面计划以打击职场性骚扰的迫切需求，以及将这些计划与多样性和包容性举措相联系的重要性。
