How Much Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Hurt Firm Value?

It is widely recognized that workplace sexual harassment has significant negative psychological and personal consequences, and employees facing harassment suffer reductions in productivity. Our contribution is to propose a novel measure of workplace sexual harassment risk and provide a fuller estima...

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Authors: Au, Shiu-Yik (Author) ; Dong, Ming (Author) ; Tremblay, Andréanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2024
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 190, Issue: 4, Pages: 861-883
Further subjects:B Social
B Employee reviews
B Firm value
B G34
B Enviornmental
B Stock returns
B and Governance (ESG)
B G14
B Sexual Harassment
B J16
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