TY - JOUR
T1 - Employee sexual harassment policies and Kuwait transnational higher education
AU - Fusilier, Marcelline
AU - Denny, Marcia
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Transnational higher education providers based in the West are
increasingly partnering with newer institutions in the Middle East. The present
study investigates the extent to which workplace sexual harassment prevention
policies are prevalent across the Western universities’ home country campuses
and their partner institutions in Kuwait. Policies were collected from Kuwait
and their foreign partner institutions’ websites followed up by e-mailed and
telephoned requests. The policies were coded for characteristics such as
procedures for investigation of sexual harassment complaints, training for
sexual harassment prevention, sanctions, etc. Results suggest that foreign
partner schools appear more likely to make policies available (58%) than
campuses based in Kuwait (40%). The foreign institutions’ policies tend to
have more of the prevention characteristics than those for Kuwait schools.
Development of workplace sexual harassment policies is becoming essential
for human resources management in the Middle East as the workforce grows in
gender diversity.
AB - Transnational higher education providers based in the West are
increasingly partnering with newer institutions in the Middle East. The present
study investigates the extent to which workplace sexual harassment prevention
policies are prevalent across the Western universities’ home country campuses
and their partner institutions in Kuwait. Policies were collected from Kuwait
and their foreign partner institutions’ websites followed up by e-mailed and
telephoned requests. The policies were coded for characteristics such as
procedures for investigation of sexual harassment complaints, training for
sexual harassment prevention, sanctions, etc. Results suggest that foreign
partner schools appear more likely to make policies available (58%) than
campuses based in Kuwait (40%). The foreign institutions’ policies tend to
have more of the prevention characteristics than those for Kuwait schools.
Development of workplace sexual harassment policies is becoming essential
for human resources management in the Middle East as the workforce grows in
gender diversity.
UR - https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/7685
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 197
EP - 212
JO - Middle East Journal of Management
JF - Middle East Journal of Management
IS - 3
ER -