ISSUES REGARDING THE SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL CONSEQUENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Perception of interactional cues across gender and the consequent impa ct on degrees of perceived sexual harassment are examined within an ev olving American organizational/institutional context. The socializatio n process is seen to differentiate perspective influencing contrasting masculine and feminine perceptual parameters increasing the probabili ty of misperception of interactional cues (to include potentially offe nsive/harassing behavior) across gender. The effects of allegations of sexual harassment transcend the interpersonal interactions/working re lationships within the specific encounters in question facilitated by the redefinition of collective personality structures contributing to the directed redistribution of structural/organizational power.