직장 내 성희롱 피해 원인에 대한 연구

This study aimed to examine the antecedents of workplace sexual harassment victimization by constructing a composite model composed of the sociocultural, organizational, and individual differences models. In addition, it was tested whether the causal process varies depending on the severity of sexual harassment. Utilizing the data collected by the Korean Institute of Criminology in 2016, a Logistic Regression Analysis was performed on 698 female workers. Results showed that the causal processes to different types of sexual harassment are not identical, and the directions of some effects are not consistent with the hypotheses. Several notable findings were discovered in education, sexual disparity in organization, sex ratio, and sex role stereotyping. The effects of sexual disparity in organization and sex ratio were consistent with the expectations, whereas education had a positive effect on the outcome, which was not predicted. Sex role stereotyping appeared to raise the probability of severe victimization such as sexual coercion, but the probability of less severe types of victimization such as gender harassment and unwanted sexual attention went down as it becomes stronger. Those results defied any convincing interpretations and policy implications, for this study was one of the first attempts to test the composite model in Korean contexts. Rather it seemed urgent that several research issues have to be examined further in future studies such as elaboration of concepts, development of measurement tools, tests on diverse samples, and so on. Notwithstanding a few limitations like the omission of some crucial variables, this study is expected to serve as a facilitator for future research in the realm of workplace sexual harassment.