You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.
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Companies can curb bullying bosses and support victims, but will yours?
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Workplace bullying and harassment has many guises. Sometimes, it is gendered. Sometimes it is racist. For women of colour, it’s often both.
The backlash has given way to a simmering male anxiety that an innocuous comment could lead to a sexual harassment accusation.
By chance, a sociologist started an experiment the day sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein became public. As the #MeToo movement gained steam, people’s responses changed.
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Barrett Hazeltine Professor of the Practice of Engineering, Brown University
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Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Health Psychology, Adler University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Dean of Business (Indigenous Leadership & Engagement), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Work Psychology, University of Sheffield
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, Stanford University
