Journal article
Workplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments
Research in the sociology of work, Vol.29, pp.215-240
01/01/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/124909
Abstract
This study investigates how federal and state-level laws designed to reduce workplace sexual harassment relate to the content of sexual harassment training programs in a sample of private U.S. companies. To gauge the effect of the law on the regulation of sexual harassment, we draw on unique data containing information on federal and state-level legal environments, formal discrimination charges filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and establishment-level sexual harassment training initiatives. State-level legal regulation of sexual harassment at work is linked to more elaborate sexual harassment training programs, even when federal legal regulations are not. Our findings underscore the importance of state-level legal regimes in the workplace regulation of gender-based rights and provide an example for future studies of work inequality and the law.
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- Title
- Workplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments
- Creators
- Julie A KmecC Elizabeth HirshSheryl Skaggs
- Publication Details
- Research in the sociology of work, Vol.29, pp.215-240
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Identifiers
- 99900669210901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article