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Expectations and realities of Student Nurses' Experiences of negative Behaviour and Bullying in Clinical Placement and the Influences of Socialisation Processes.Hoel, H., Giga, Sabir I., Davidson, M.J. January 2007 (has links)
No / This paper explores nursing students' experiences and perceptions of negative behaviour and bullying in clinical placement measured against expectations at the start of their education. It explores their understanding and how they make sense of their circumstances and their experiences of negative behaviour, emphasizing socialization processes and factors which may prevent or reproduce negative behaviour and bullying. To this end, a focus group study was conducted, and this revealed that many students felt exploited, ignored or were made to feel unwelcome, although few reported personal experience of bullying. These frequent but less severe negative experiences appear to play a key role in institutionalizing an unwelcoming culture within which bullying could easily be triggered or take hold. Students' coping mechanisms may also contribute to reproducing such negative behaviour. The paper concludes that while the vulnerable position of student nurses might offer some protection against outright bullying, it is unable to shield them from unfriendly and negative behaviour, with implications for their learning and professional socialization. If student nurses respond to their experiences by suppressing their feelings and developing a hard front, such responses may themselves contribute to a reproduction of such behaviour with implications for personal wellbeing and retention rates.
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Sex, Gender, Women and the Supreme Court: How the Supreme Court has Impacted Sexual Harassment Standards in Employment Practices.Sullivan, Maggie 01 January 2006 (has links)
In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed into law. Title VII of this act provided a means for equal opportunities and treatment in employment practices for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. However, the inclusion of sex into the provision was not meant to deliver rights to women and did not afford women an effective means to seek protection from sexual harassment in employment. Sexual harassment limits women in their economic position and subjects women to unjust treatment in the workplace. National standards for sexual harassment originated with the Supreme Court's decision in Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson which provided that sexual harassment was a form of sex discrimination protected by Title VII. Researching if the Court develops sexual harassment case law in a manner that accounts for feminist principles in regard to women, sex, and gender, it is determined whether the Supreme Court contributes positively to women's progress in employment and in tum advances feminist goals.
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Guidelines for the handling of sexual harassment in the South African Police ServiceRetief, Rita Theresa 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sexual harassment is an old problem for the women who are its victims but is relatively new
as a social issue. Studies carried out in South Africa and internationally indicate that sexual
harassment is a problem in virtually every organisation and that a substantial proportion of
working women are the recipients of unwanted sexual attention in the workplace.
A number of misconceptions, myths as well as stereotyping regarding sexual harassment in
the workplace have added to the frustration female employees experience in trying to have
their sexual harassment complaints recognised. Like many organisations, the South African
Police Service (SAPS) knows the problem exists, but is unaware of its full extent or the
destructive effects it has on employees and the workplace.
As sexual harassment usually occurs in private, the women in the SAPS who are being
harassed usually do not know how to react or how to handle the harassing situation and
conseq uently suffer in silence. Most female employees despair of having the traditionally
male dominated management component in the SAPS understand how much sexual
harassment humiliates and frustrates them. They also despair of having the support of
managers in addressing the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Even though the SAPS has a sexual harassment policy, the problem of sexual harassment
continues to occur in the workplace. The only protection for the organisation and its
employees, is prevention, or lacking that, immediate and appropriate action, following
notification of a sexual harassment complaint. Prevention is only likely when the sexual
harassment policy has been well communicated to all parties and enforced consistently and
fairly. Inher capacity as a social worker in the SAPS, the researcher became aware that even
though managers and employees are aware that this type of misconduct occurs, they avoid
addressing this sensitive issue because of a lack of proper guidelines.
Therefore, the aim of the study was to present guidelines for the composition of a training
programme for the implementation of the existing policy document regarding the handling
of sexual harassment in the SAPS. The purpose was to ensure that intervention and
prevention of sexual harassment in the SAPS will be handled more effectively. Existing
literature on the subject of sexual harassment was studied and presented in a theoretical
framework.
The history, legislation and dimensions of sexual harassment in the workplace i.e.
internationally as well as in South Africa and the SAPS, were discussed. The development
and consequences of sexual harassment for the organisation and all employees concerned were
emphasized. Preventative measures and implementation guidelines for addressing sexual
harassment in the SAPS, were explored. The prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace and the subsequent experience(s) of and effects on female employees regarding
such harassment (in the SAPS) is brought into focus.
Exploratory - descriptive research was done with the aid of a questionnaire as an instrument
for data-collection, at police stations in one area of the West Metropole in the SAPS (Western
Cape) where social workers are rendering services. The opinions and attitudes of female
employees with regard to their experience(s) or knowledge of the occurrence and the handling
of sexual harassment in the SAPS, were determined. Information obtained from the
questionnaire is presented in six categories, namely : demographic characteristics of
respondents, behaviour of male employees toward female employees, the person(s)
responsible for the sexual harassment incident, reactions to the sexual harassment incident,
effects of sexual harassment experience(s) on women as well as on the workplace and the
addressing of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Conclusions and recommendations are made regarding the opinions, knowledge and sexual
harassment experiences of female employees in the SAPS as well as how sexual harassment
should be handled by various parties such as managers and social workers employed by the
SAPS. The implementation of a sexual harassment training programme can be of great value
to the South African Police Service and all its employees, provided the staff at management
level, professional personnel (social workers, psychologists and personnel practitioners) and
all other levels of employees commit themselves to working together on addressing and
preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. Regular evaluations should be done by the
social worker after the sexual harassment training programme has been implemented, in order
to determine the effectiveness of the prevention training programme for addressing sexual
harassment in the SAPS. Social workers in the SAPS should endeavour to clarify the extent
of the problem of sexual harassment and should bring the seriousness of the problem to the
attention of managers and all other employees. Social workers therefore have a crucial role
in assisting with the implementation of the organisation's sexual harassment policy and in
doing further research regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Seksuele teistering is 'n ou probleem vir die vroue wie die slagoffers daarvan is, maar dit is
relatief nuut as 'n sosiale kwessie. Studies wat in Suid-Afrika en internasionaal uitgevoer is,
dui aan dat seksuele teistering 'n probleem in feitlik elke organisasie is en dat 'n aansienlike
getal werkende vroue ongewensde seksuele aandag in die werkplek ervaar.
Die bestaande wanopvattings, mites sowel as stereotiperings wat in die werkplek voorkom
rakende seksuele teistering, dra by tot die frustrasie wat vroulike werknemers ervaar in hul
poging om die bestuur hul klagtes oor seksuele teistering te laat insien. Soos baie organisasies,
is die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) bewus dat die probleem voorkom, maar onbewus
van die omvang daarvan of die skadelike gevolge wat dit inhou vir werknemers en die
werkplek.
Aangesien seksuele teistering gewoonlik plaasvind in privaatheid, weet die vroue in die SAPD
wat geteister word gewoonlik nie hoe om te reageer of hoe om die teisterende situasie te
hanteer nie. Gevolglik ly hulle in stilte. Baie vroulike werknemers is in vertwyfeling oor hoe
om die bestuurskomponent in die SAPD, wie tradisioneel oorheers word deur mans, te laat
besef hoe vernederend en frustrerend seksuele teistering vir hulle is. Hulle is ook desperaat
om die ondersteuning van bestuurders te kry ten einde die probleem van seksuele teistering
in die werkplek aan te spreek.
Alhoewel die SAPD oor 'n beleidsdokument vir seksuele teistering beskik, kom die probleem
van seksuele teistering steeds voor in die werkplek. Die enigste beskerming vir die
organisasie en die werknemers, is voorkoming of indien dit ontbreek, onmiddellike en gepaste
optrede nadat 'n klagte van seksuele teistering aangemeld word. Voorkoming kan slegs
geskied indien die beleid ten opsigte van seksuele teistering, goed bekend gemaak word aan
alle partye en dit konsekwent en regverdig toegepas word. Die navorser het in haar kapasiteit
as maatskaplike werker in die SAPD bevind dat alhoewel bestuurders en werknemers bewus
is dat hierdie tipe misdryf voorkom, hulle die hantering van die sensitiewe probleem ontwyk
as gevolg van 'n gebrek aan behoorlike riglyne.
Die doel van die studie was gevolglik om riglyne daar te stel vir die samestelling van 'n
opleidingsprogram vir die implementering van die bestaande beleidsdokument vir die
hantering van seksuele teistering in die SAPD. Die doel was om te verseker dat intervensie
en voorkoming van seksuele teistering meer effektief hanteer sal word in die SAPD.
Bestaande literatuur ten opsigte van die onderwerp van seksuele teistering is bestudeer en
aangebied in 'n teoretiese raamwerk. Die geskiedenis, wetgewing en omvang van seksuele teistering op internasionale vlak, sowel
as in Suid-Afrika en die SAPD is bespreek. Die ontwikkeling en gevolge van seksuele
teistering vir die organisasie en al die betrokke werknemers is beklemtoon.
Voorkomingsmaatreëls en riglyne vir die implimentering van die bestaande beleidsdokument
oor seksuele teistering in die SAPD is verken. Die voorkoms van seksuele teistering in die
werkplek en die gevolglike ervaring(s) en effek daarvan op vroulike werknemers in die SAPD
is in fokus gebring.
'n Verkennende-beskrywende studie is gedoen met behulp van 'n vraelys, as instrument vir
data-versameling, by polisiestasies in een area van die Wes-Metropool in die SAPD (Wes-
Kaap) waar maatskaplike werkers dienste lewer. Die opinies en houdings van vroulike
werknemers met betrekking tot hul ervaring(s) of kennis is bepaal ten opsigte van die
verskynsel en die hantering van seksuele teistering in die SAPD. Inligting verkry vanaf die
vraelys, is aangebied in ses kategorieë naamlik: demografiese kenmerke van respondente,
gedrag van manlike werknemers teenoor vroulike werknemers, die persoon verantwoordelik
vir die seksuele teisterende insident, reaksies ten opsigte van die seksuele teisterende insident,
effekte wat die seksuele teistering ervaring(s) vir die vroue en die werkplek inhou asook die
aanspreek van seksuele teistering in die werkplek.
Gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings is gemaak rakende die opinies, kenmerke en ervarings van
vroulike werknemers ten opsigte van seksuele teistering in die SAPD, asook ten opsigte van
die hantering van seksuele teistering deur die verskeie partye soos, byvoorbeeld bestuurders
en maatskaplike werkers in diens van die SAPD. Die implementering van 'n
opleidingsprogram ten opsigte van seksuele teistering kan waardevol wees vir die Suid-
Afrikaanse Polisiediens en al die werknemers mits die bestuurders, professionele personeel
(maatskaplike werkers, sielkundiges en menslike hulpbronbestuur) hulself verbind tot
samewerking ten opsigte van die aanspreek en voorkoming van seksuele teistering in die
werkplek. Gereelde evaluerings deur die maatskaplike werker moet gedoen word na die
implementering van die seksuele teistering opleidingsprogram, ten einde die effektiwiteit van
die voorkomingsprogram te bepaal vir die aanspreek van seksuele teistering in die SAPD.
Maatskaplike werkers in die SAPD moet hulself beywer om duidelikheid te verkry oor die
omvang van die probleem van seksuele teistering en moet die erns van die probleem onder
die aandag bring van bestuurders en alle ander werknemers. Maatskaplike werkers het dus
'n beslissende ondersteuningsrol om te vervul ten opsigte van die implimentering van die
organisasie se beleid vir seksuele teistering, asook om verdere navorsing ten opsigte van
seksuele teistering in die werkplek aan te moedig.
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Hostile Environment: A Discriminant Model of the Perceptions of Working WomenKirk, Delaney, J. 08 1900 (has links)
This study examines the problem of operationally defining "hostile environment" sexual harassment, ruled a type of disparate treatment actionable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by the United States Supreme Court on June 19, 1986. Although the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines a hostile environment as an "intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment," there is no consensus as to what is "offensive" behavior. An extensive review of the literature yielded various attempts to define and ascertain the magnitude of sexual harassment, but the fact that the actual percentages varied indicates that this is a difficult issue to measure.
As perception by the victim is the key, this study surveyed 125 working women from all over the United States to determine their perceptions of behaviors that constitute sexual harassment. Discriminant analysis was then used to correctly classify 95% of the women according to their perceptions of having experienced sexual harassment.
Using tests for proportions, three hypotheses were found significant. Women who have been sexually harassed are more likely to view sexual harassment as a major problem. Older men are more likely to have their behavior perceived as sexual harassment. In addition, women who have experienced acts such as staring, flirting, or touching in the workplace are more likely to perceive those acts as sexual harassment.
The hypotheses deemed not statistically significant yielded interesting results. Younger women are not more likely to be harassed than older women. Neither are single or divorced women more likely to experience sexual harassment. All women, regardless of age, marital status, or geographic location, are vulnerable to sexual harassment.
Of importance are which variables contributed the most to the women's perceptions of sexual harassment. None of the demographic variables was found significant, but the women perceived that they had been sexually harassed if sexual remarks, touching, sexual propositions, or staring were directed toward them in the workplace. Thus, these acts were perceived as constituting a hostile environment.
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An examination of antecedents of reporting sexual harassment among Hong Kong Chinese in the workplace. / Reporting sexual harassmentJanuary 2004 (has links)
Chow Shuk Yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-74). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Definition of sexual harassment --- p.2 / Responses of sexual harassment --- p.3 / Reporting of sexual harassment --- p.4 / Antecedents of reporting sexual harassment --- p.5 / Attitudes towards reporting --- p.7 / Perceived normative pressure towards reporting --- p.9 / Perceived behavioral control of reporting --- p.9 / Gender difference on reporting sexual harassment --- p.10 / Knowledge of protection against victimization of sexual harassment --- p.11 / Consequences of sexual harassment --- p.12 / The present study --- p.14 / Objectives of the study --- p.15 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.17 / Elicitation Study --- p.17 / Participants --- p.17 / Materials --- p.17 / Main Study --- p.18 / Participants --- p.18 / Materials --- p.18 / Procedure --- p.23 / In-depth interviews --- p.23 / Participants --- p.23 / Materials --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.25 / Demographic data --- p.25 / Antecedents of reporting sexual harassment --- p.28 / Moderating effect of gender on the relationship of antecedents of reporting and reporting behavior --- p.37 / Moderating effect of knowledge of protection against victimization on the relationship of antecedents of reporting and reporting behavior --- p.40 / Six antecedents and reporting among victims of sexual harassment --- p.43 / Consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace --- p.45 / Interview data --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.52 / Antecedents of reporting sexual harassment --- p.52 / Empowerment through protection against victimization? --- p.55 / Consequences of sexual harassment --- p.56 / Organizational commitment --- p.56 / More psychological impact on male victims? --- p.57 / Discrepancy in the definition of sexual harassment --- p.58 / Implications --- p.58 / Limitations --- p.61 / Further studies --- p.62 / Conclusion --- p.63
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The Association Between Different Types of Psychopathic Traits and Peer Harassment: The Moderating Role of Gender / Associationen Mellan Olika Typer Av Psykopatiska Drag och Trakasserier: Den Modererande Rollen av KönDahlbäck, Simon, Pettersson, Marcus January 2018 (has links)
The purpose of the study was to examine whether gender moderated the association between psychopathic traits and peer harassment, as well as examining each psychopathic trait individually alongside the different harassment forms. Secondary data from the Seven School project was used which collected its data from seven middle-sized schools in Sweden. Besides descriptive and correlation analyses, a series of hierarchical regression models were used. The results show that boys in general scored higher than girls on both psychopathic traits and peer harassment. Also, impulsivity predicted peer harassment and so did gender in all outcome steps except for step 1 and 2 for personal harassment. However, gender didn’t moderate the effect between psychopathic traits and peer harassment except for sexual harassment and impulsivity. The conclusion of the study is that impulsivity is a major concern in peer harassment whilst grandiosity and callous-unemotional does not seem to be of major concern. Also, the moderating role of gender only had an effect on impulsivity and sexual harassment in males. / Syftet med studien var att undersöka om kön modererade kopplingen mellan psykopatiska drag och trakasserier bland jämnåriga. Samt även att undersöka de olika psykopatiska dragen separat tillsammans med de olika trakasserierna. Sekundärdata från ”Sju skolor” projektet användes som hämtade in sin data från sju medelstora skolor i Sverige. Utöver descriptive- och korrelationsanalyser, utfördes även en serie av hierarkiska regressionsmodeller. Resultatet visar på att pojkar generellt får högre resultat på psykopatiska drag och trakasserier än flickor. Impulsivitet förutsäger trakasserier bland jämnåriga och det gjorde även kön i alla resultatsteg förutom steg 1 och 2 för personliga trakasserier. Däremot så modererar kön inte effekten mellan psykopatiska drag och trakasserier förutom sexuella trakasserier och impulsivitet. Slutsatsen av studien är den att impulsivitet är ett stort problem för trakasserier bland jämnåriga medan grandiositet och känslokallhet inte verkar vara ett större problem. Den modererande koppling mellan könen hade bara en effekt på impulsivitet och sexuella trakasserier bland män.
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A Research of Our Legal System on Sexual Harassment Prevention ActChen, Li-chi 11 August 2008 (has links)
This research asserts that all the government agencies must abide by law in the
exercise of public authority in democratic society. This research is developed based
on the view of administrative laws, under the Five Frameworks of The
Administrative Laws¡XPrinciples of Sexual Harassment Prevention Act,
Administrative Organization, Administrative Power, Administrative Relief and
Administrative Supervision.
Scholars from all over the world and organizations of public and private sectors
have been endeavoring in research of sexual harassment prevention and attempt to put
forward possible solutions. As one of the law enforcement officials, the researcher
believes that it¡¦s an inescapable duty to see into this issue seriously. The scope of
application, rights protection and relief methods of relevant laws should be defined
clearly. Thus, it will relieve the trauma of those who suffer from sexual abuse, find
proper solution and minimize the damage.
The methodologies this research adopts are Comparative Analysis, Literature
Studies and Induction Research. The preliminary chapters define the ¡§Sexual
Harassment¡¨ and its relevant laws, introduce the three laws stipulated against sexual
harassment¡XGender Equality Education Act, Gender Equality in Employment Act
and Sexual Harassment Prevention Act. Further, the identification of sexual
harassment and its lawful application, the problems which existing laws confront are
discussed in the following chapters. Consequently, for those unsolved problems, this
research wishes to bring forward concrete suggestion for the legislators, under the five
aforementioned frameworks, as reference to amend existing laws and regulations in
the future.
Sexual harassment is by no means a single problem, but a collective issue of
politics, society, economy, power/rights, gender and social classes. Therefore, the
civilization and progress should be founded on the fair treatment of genders and
protecting victims¡¦ legal rights. The attitude we take towards the gender issue will
deeply impact our life and quality of human rights. To pay back the victims with the
justice, create an equal genders environment will rely on the awareness of equality
and attitude of life one builds up.
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Sexual harassment of women in the United States military juror decisions of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and civilian college students /Snell, Catherine Michelle, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Psychology. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.
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Generalized harassment in Canadian universities: policies and practices addressing bullying in the academic workplaceBrisebois, Justine 08 September 2010 (has links)
This thesis explores the implications of anti-harassment policies at Canadian medical-doctoral universities. The problem of generalized harassment as a phenomenon of academic bullying is identified and defined. This thesis explores how anti-harassment policies and practices of Canadian medical-doctoral universities have come to be, as well as their implications for academics. Chapter one identifies the methodology of the thesis, a comparative policy analysis of the policies and practices of Canada's medical-doctoral universities. Chapter two describes the theoretical foundations used in the thesis: theories of academic organizational control, policy formation, problem representation, and manifest and latent functions. Chapter three reviews contemporary literature on the role of universities in society and the phenomenon of generalized harassment in academia. Chapter four reports the results of a comparative analysis of the anti-harassment policies and practices of Canada's medical-doctoral universities, which reveal three approaches to anti-harassment policy. Chapter five links the theoretical to the empirical in order to better understand the phenomenon of generalized harassment in Canadian medical-doctoral universities, and the implications policies and practices have for the future of collegiality.
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Generalized harassment in Canadian universities: policies and practices addressing bullying in the academic workplaceBrisebois, Justine 08 September 2010 (has links)
This thesis explores the implications of anti-harassment policies at Canadian medical-doctoral universities. The problem of generalized harassment as a phenomenon of academic bullying is identified and defined. This thesis explores how anti-harassment policies and practices of Canadian medical-doctoral universities have come to be, as well as their implications for academics. Chapter one identifies the methodology of the thesis, a comparative policy analysis of the policies and practices of Canada's medical-doctoral universities. Chapter two describes the theoretical foundations used in the thesis: theories of academic organizational control, policy formation, problem representation, and manifest and latent functions. Chapter three reviews contemporary literature on the role of universities in society and the phenomenon of generalized harassment in academia. Chapter four reports the results of a comparative analysis of the anti-harassment policies and practices of Canada's medical-doctoral universities, which reveal three approaches to anti-harassment policy. Chapter five links the theoretical to the empirical in order to better understand the phenomenon of generalized harassment in Canadian medical-doctoral universities, and the implications policies and practices have for the future of collegiality.
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