Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes

Alheri Bawa Magaji; Juliet E. Ikhide; A. Tarik Timur; Seldjan Timur

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42416-9_5

Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes

Alheri Bawa Magaji
, Juliet E. Ikhide
, A. Tarik Timur^*
, Seldjan Timur

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The study examines university students’ attitudes toward sexual harassment and their perceptions of sexual harassment behaviors in a culturally diverse university in North Cyprus. Data is collected from 460 university students. The findings suggest that university students’ perceptions about what constitutes sexual harassment behavior were similar, regardless of their gender. However, women were more likely than men to perceive a wider range of verbal and non-verbal behaviors as sexual harassment. Furthermore, different perceptions of sexual harassment behavior were identified based on culture and age. When attitudes toward sexual harassment were compared, it was found that female students had lower tolerance levels and that age had an effect on attitudes toward sexual harassment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era
Subtitle of host publication	selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey
Editors	Fethi Calisir, Orhan Korhan
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	40-50
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030424169
ISBN (Print)	9783030424152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42416-9_5
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2198-0772
ISSN (Electronic)	2198-0780

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Sexual harassment
Attitudes
Perceptions
University students

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Magaji, A. B., Ikhide, J. E., Timur, A. T., & Timur, S. (2020). Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes. In F. Calisir, & O. Korhan (Eds.), Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era: selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey (pp. 40-50). (Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42416-9_5

Magaji, Alheri Bawa ; Ikhide, Juliet E. ; Timur, A. Tarik et al. / Sexual harassment in higher education : students’ perceptions and attitudes. Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era: selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. editor / Fethi Calisir ; Orhan Korhan. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 40-50 (Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series).

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Magaji, AB, Ikhide, JE, Timur, AT & Timur, S 2020, Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes. in F Calisir & O Korhan (eds), Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era: selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series, Springer, Cham, pp. 40-50. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42416-9_5

Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes. / Magaji, Alheri Bawa; Ikhide, Juliet E.; Timur, A. Tarik et al.
Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era: selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. ed. / Fethi Calisir; Orhan Korhan. Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 40-50 (Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series).

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Magaji AB, Ikhide JE, Timur AT, Timur S. Sexual harassment in higher education: students’ perceptions and attitudes. In Calisir F, Korhan O, editors, Industrial engineering in the digital disruption era: selected papers from the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas, GJCIE 2019, September 2-3, 2019, Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 40-50. (Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering book series). Epub 2020 Mar 17. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-42416-9_5

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