Test of the Cross-Cultural Generalizability of a Model of Sexual Harassment

• Published in: Journal of applied psychology Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 766 - 778
• Main Authors: Wasti, S. Arzu, Bergman, Mindy E, Glomb, Theresa M, Drasgow, Fritz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01.10.2000; American Psychological Association, etc
• Subjects: Adult; Applied psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Cross Cultural Differences; Cross-cultural analysis; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Crosscultural aspects; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human; Humans; Industrial psychology; Islam - psychology; Measurement; Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Occupational psychology; Organization and management. Professional relation; Organization theory; Organizational behaviour; Psychology; Psychology, Industrial; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Score Equating; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Harassment - psychology; Structural equation models; Turkey; U.S.A; United States; USA; Women; Turkey; Asia; United States; North America; America; Social environment; Human; Occupational environment; Crosscultural study; Sexual harassment; Structural equation modeling

Sexual harassment research has been primarily limited to examination of the phenomena in U.S. organizations; attempts to explore the generalizability of constructs and theoretical models across cultures are rare. This study examined (a) the measurement equivalence of survey scales in U.S. and Turkis...