Workplace sexual harassment represents a critical risk to contemporary organizations, with evidence indicating that its prevalence is increasing. Research has consistently demonstrated that workplace-sexual-harassment victimization exerts negative impacts on employees’ health and wellbeing. However, no empirical studies have examined how these impacts vary by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) status. In this study, we leverage a unique survey dataset (2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index Employee Survey, n = 44,943) and random-intercept, multilevel regression models to estimate the relationships between workplace-sexual-harassment victimization and employee wellbeing. Expanding on earlier studies, we consider how these relationships vary between LGBTQ+ and other employees, across domains of employee wellbeing, and with the timing of sexual harassment. Our results reveal large, negative, and statistically significant impacts of sexual harassment on employee wellbeing. The impacts are comparatively larger for LGBTQ+ employees and recent harassment experiences, and manifest across all domains of employee wellbeing. These findings underscore the urgent need for holistic programs to combat workplace sexual harassment, and the importance of connecting these programs with diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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LGBTQ+ 和非 LGBTQ+ 员工的工作场所性骚扰受害和员工福祉


工作场所性骚扰对当代组织构成了重大风险，有证据表明其普遍性正在增加。研究一致表明，工作场所性骚扰受害会对员工的健康和福祉产生负面影响。然而，没有实证研究研究这些影响如何因女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿 （LGBTQ+） 身份而异。在这项研究中，我们利用独特的调查数据集（2022 年澳大利亚工作场所平等指数员工调查，n = 44,943）和随机截距、多层次回归模型来估计工作场所性骚扰受害与员工福祉之间的关系。在早期研究的基础上，我们考虑了 LGBTQ+ 和其他员工之间、员工福祉领域以及性骚扰时间的这些关系如何变化。我们的结果揭示了性骚扰对员工福祉的巨大、消极且具有统计学意义的影响。对 LGBTQ+ 员工和最近的骚扰经历的影响相对较大，并体现在员工福利的所有领域。这些发现强调了迫切需要制定整体计划来打击工作场所性骚扰，以及将这些计划与多元化和包容性计划联系起来的重要性。