Dealing with sexual harassment at the workplace
Project annotation/short description of project goals and methods
The study deals with the extent, the handling as well as possible prevention and intervention approaches in case of sexual harassment at the workplace. It includes a representative telephone survey which was conducted in autumn 2018 and 1,531 persons were interviewed who had been employed within the last three years. In a qualitative section it includes interviews with affected persons and focus group discussions with different target groups. Additionally, a literature analysis as well as an analysis of legal cases was carried out.
Project partners (e.g., contractor, collaborators)
contractors: Institute for Empirical Sociology (IfeS) at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg; SOKO Institute for Social Research and Communication in Bielefeld
Project funding - resources (e.g., EU funding, State budget)
State budget
Project funding - budgets
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Language of project outputs
English
Added value/outcomes: short description of any outcome reached (e.g., input for strategic documents on national level/municipal
The study provided important input for a large conference that gathered many different stakeholders as well as for an awareness raising campaign on combatting sexual harassment at the workplace that is directed towards employers.
Main challenges and lessons learned: short description if applicable
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