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OB
Shannon Rawski
Ivey Business School, Canada
Catherine Deen
U. of New South Wales, Australia
Anne O'Leary-Kelly
U. of Arkansas, United States
Decades of sexual harassment (hereafter, SH) research largely focused on the harasser and target interactions. In this symposium, we open doors for new research directions in this domain by offering an array papers (three empirical and one review) that examined SH from third- party (i.e., bystanders, observers) and meta-organizational perspectives. Specifically, our papers extend SH research by considering social roles beyond the traditional harasser-target dyad, such as the bystander and observer roles, and by considering meta- organizational contexts where SH may be perpetuated by third parties in ways that are not effectively governed by intra-organizational mechanisms. The symposium discussant, Professor Anne O’Leary-Kelly, will integrate the papers and guide audience discussion toward future research directions. We aim to capture the spirit of the AOM 2024 theme – Innovating for the Future – by pushing researchers beyond traditional or stereotypical SH incidents toward the complex gray areas and undefined roles that still plague the modern work environment with the occurrence of SH.
Author: Sohee Kim – U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author: YoungAh Park – U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author: Yijue Liang – George Mason U.
Author: Natalie Schneider – U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Author: Sandy Lim – National U. of Singapore
Author: Eugene Yong Jun Tay – National U. of Singapore (NUS)
Author: Angeline Lim – National U. of Singapore
Author: Goh E-yang – National U. of Singapore
Author: Jessica Kirk – U. of Memphis
Author: Marilla Hayman – Le Moyne College
Author: Shane Reid – Texas State U.
Author: Devalina Nag – U. of San Diego
Author: Roisin Lyons – Kemmy Business School, U. of Limerick