A Comparative Analysis of Career Advancement between Employees with High and Low Levels of Sexual Harassment Experience in Organizations

Abstract

Sexual harassment is a prevalent challenge that may hinder employees' career advancement across various sectors because it tends to create an unfavourable hostile work environment, lower employee morale, and restrict professional growth opportunities for affected individuals. Despite global advancements in workplace policies and legal frameworks, employees continue to experience harassment that may limit their upward mobility within organizations. The study was a comparative analysis of career advancement between employees with high and low levels of sexual harassment experience in organizations in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State. A cross-sectional design was adopted for the study. The sample for the study were 451 participants. The method of data analysis utilised for the was a Between-Subjects ANOVA, one-way analysis of variance. The finding revealed that the relationship between sexual harassment and career advancement in this sample is not statistically significant at the 5% level. The estimated means reveals that employees who experience high level of sexual harassment benefited more career advancement compared to those who experienced low sexual harassment.