PREDICTING THE DECISION TO CONFRONT OR REPORT SEXUAL HARASSMENT

We examined the predictors of women's decisions to confront or report sexual harassment from a sample of 802 employed women, 142 of whom ind icated they had been sexually harassed. Analyses of variance showed th at personal assertiveness predicted the decision to confront the haras ser. In addition, perceived procedural justice was associated with rep orting sexual harassment. However, the direction of this relationship was opposite from that predicted: women who had reported sexual harass ment through formal channels manifested lower perceptions of justice. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.