Sexual Harassment Deviant Workplace Behavior, Myths and Facts

Sexual Harassment Deviant Workplace Behavior This paper will cover what sexual harassment is, the importance of studying it, the behavior itself and my take on the issue. Contents Devient Workplace Behaviour 2 Sexual Harassment Defined 2 Importance of studying the concept of sexual harassment 3 How this behaviour arises 3 How it impacts the individual, team and the organisation 4 Gaps, inconsistencies and myths in research 5 Gap/Myth 1 5 Gap/Myth 2 6 Gap/Myth 3 6 Gap/Myth 4 7 Gap/Myth 5 8 Gap/Myth 6 9 What Industrial Psychologists can do in order to prevent the occurrence or lessen the impact of the behaviour. 10 Flow Chart 10 My take on sexual harassment (do I agree or disagree?) 11 Devient Workplace Behaviour This is behaviour that violates organisational norms. http://www.slideshare.net/lbsun07/workplace-deviance Typically organisations want to create and achieve an atmosphere of conformity and team work in order to achieve maximum productivity, output, and profit and create a healthy and vigorous corporate culture. 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