A series of six studies identifies social sexual identity — or seeing oneself as a person who leverages sex appeal in pursuit of personally valued gains — as a key predictor of both sexual behavior in the workplace and sexual harassment behavior. The study was published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Sexual behavior in the workplace is a complex social phenomenon that is often experienced as sexual harassment by its targets. A taboo topic in many places, workplace sexual behavior and workplace sexual harassment came into public focus after the emergence of the #MeToo …
