Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 40 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Faye J. Crosby, Margaret S. Stockdale, Myrtle P. Bell, Jennifer Berdahl

Multilevel power dynamics shaping employer anti-sexual harassment efforts in Lebanon

Charlotte Karam, May Ghanem

The #MeToo movement against sexual harassment (SH) has sparked a sense of familiarity, and collective anger among women, highlighting it as a pervasive and common experience…

Networks of complicity: social networks and sex harassment

Peggy Cunningham, Minette E. Drumwright, Kenneth William Foster

The purpose of this paper is to explore the question of why sex harassment persists in organizations for prolonged periods – often as an open secret.

Promoting respect as a solution to workplace harassment

Kathrina Robotham, Lilia Cortina

Despite organizational policies aimed at harassment prevention, harassment based on gender and ethnicity remains pervasive in places of work. Although previous research has…

Leading in: inclusive leadership, inclusive climates and sexual harassment

Elissa L. Perry, Caryn J. Block, Debra A. Noumair

The purpose of this paper is to present a model that explores the relationship between inclusive leadership, inclusive climates and sexual harassment and other negative…

Does tipping facilitate sexual objectification? The effect of tips on sexual harassment of bar and restaurant servers

Olivier Klein, Camila Arnal, Sarah Eagan, Philippe Bernard, Sarah J. Gervais

In many countries, service workers' (e.g. restaurant staff, bartenders) income depends highly on tips. Such workers are often female and targeted by sexual harassment. The purpose…

The hashtag heard round the world: how #MeToo did what laws did not

Joy Leopold, Jason R. Lambert, Ifeyimika O. Ogunyomi, Myrtle P. Bell

The purpose of this paper is to propose that #MeToo is a social movement which has been more effective in changing norms around and increasing understanding about the prevalence…

Four ways forward in studying sex-based harassment

Jennifer Berdahl, Barnini Bhattacharyya

The purpose of this paper is to identify promising themes of the papers in the special issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dedicated to advancing scholarship on sex-based…