Effects of sexual harassment on employees’ family undermining: Social cognitive and behavioral plasticity perspectives

Yi Liao (), Xiao-Yu Liu (), Ho Kwong Kwan () and Qi-tao Tian ()
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Yi Liao: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Xiao-Yu Liu: University of International Business and Economics
Ho Kwong Kwan: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Qi-tao Tian: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2016, vol. 33, issue 4, No 5, 959-979

Abstract: Abstract This study examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment on family undermining. The investigation focused on the mediating role of moral identity and the moderating role of organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). The results, which were based on employee-spouse dyadic data collected in China, indicated that employees’ perceptions of sexual harassment were negatively related to their sense of moral identity and positively related to family undermining behavior. Moreover, reduced moral identity mediated the relationship between sexual harassment and family undermining. Furthermore, OBSE attenuated the main effect of sexual harassment on moral identity and the indirect effect of sexual harassment on family undermining via reduced moral identity. Our findings offer insightful theoretical contributions and managerial implications that indicate new directions for research on sexual harassment and work-family relations.

Keywords: Family undermining; Moral identity; Organization-based self-esteem; Sexual harassment; Work-family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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